MARGARET CAREY FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1136858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We collect unwanted items such as wheelchairs and bikes and take them to prison workshops where they are restored.We then hand the restored items to partner charities for distribution to people in need who can not afford such articles.We then report to the prison workshops as to where the articles went and who benefitted.

Objects

The charity’s objects (”Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:i) To advance the education of offenders and ex-offenders in the United Kingdom, for the benefit of the public, by the provision of vocational training ii) To relieve the needs of individuals, anywhere in the world, who are in need due to their youth, age, financial hardship, disability or social or economic circumstances by the provision of goods, items and equipment with the object of improving the conditions of life for those individualsiii) To promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the public by the provision of cycling activities and facilities. To advance amateur sport for the public benefit by providing facilities and support for cycling training and cycle maintenance to make bicycles safe to ride. iv) To advance the education and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged community of Bradford in such a way that they are better able to identify and meet their needs, and to participate more fully in society, through group activities, volunteering and training in cycling and cycle maintenance. v) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting cycling and active travel activities and infrastructure as alternatives to fossil-based and fuel-based modes.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM,

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £22,256 for the year, reducing total net assets from £146,861 to £124,605. The trustees report that reserves remain above the stated policy target of £72,000, with unrestricted funds of £108,939 and cash at bank of £109,863. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Margaret Carey Foundation MCF (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Lewin
• Chris Buckley
• David Chadwick
• Ian McDonald
• Larissa Engelmann
• Paris Sal Nelson-Wallace
• Rhianon Williams
• William Schofield

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bradford City · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Nottingham City · Warrington

Income and spending

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