MEDIASERVE LTD

Registered charity 1139276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDIASERVE, MEDIASERVE INCORPORATING DAVID HOUSE FELLOWSHIP, SERVENOW-UK WITH MEDIASERVE, SERVENOW-UK WITH MEDIASERVESERVENOW-UK WITH MEDIASERVE

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Latest income
£490k
Latest spending
£523k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds total £416,135, while total funds decreased from £808,862 to £775,623 due to a net expenditure of £33,239. The trustees consider reserves should cover contingencies for winding down operations, including redundancy liabilities and three months of non-staffing costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£860k
Total spending
£415k
Reserves (reported)
£435k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burma · Canada · China · Ethiopia · India · Israel · Nepal · Pakistan · Ukraine

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£490k£523k
31/12/2023£252k£324k
31/12/2022£860k£415k
31/12/2021£251k£201k
31/12/2020£170k£177k

Common questions

Is MEDIASERVE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds total £416,135, while total funds decreased from £808,862 to £775,623 due to a net expenditure of £33,239. The trustees consider reserves should cover contingencies for winding down operations, including redundancy liabilities and three months of non-staffing costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MEDIASERVE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEDIASERVE LTD as a grant recipient include PLATFORM 67.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PLATFORM 67FY2022£5k