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.
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
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
Reserves policy: three months of budgeted expenditure (held: £109k)
“Its policy is therefore to hold free reserves (i.e. unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets) of at least three months of budgeted expenditure, which equates to £72,000.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Andrew Lewin
- Chris Buckley
- David Chadwick
- Ian McDonald
- Larissa Engelmann
- Paris Sal Nelson-Wallace
- Rhianon Williams
- Roger Howard Armstrong · trustee of 2 other charities
- 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
Common questions
Is MARGARET CAREY FOUNDATION LTD financially healthy?
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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds MARGARET CAREY FOUNDATION LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MARGARET CAREY FOUNDATION LTD as a grant recipient include THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION.
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