MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCF

To advance the education of the public, in particular those working with young people and their families, through the provision of awareness raising activities and training programmes to prevent the sexual abuse of children online. To provide direct recovery work to children and their families in need who are victims of online sexual abuse so they can recover and live safe and fulfilling lives

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £153,362 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £793,360 to £639,998. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with unrestricted reserves of £466,583 held in instant access bank accounts. The reserves policy requires coverage of three months' operational costs, approximately £133,259, which is comfortably exceeded by the current unrestricted reserves.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Marie Collins Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Oak Foundation — “The LEG is being funded by the Oak Foundation for the period of July 2023 – December 2025.” (source page)
• End Violence Fund — “This animation was produced with financial support from the End Violence Fund.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~17.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gordon John Scobbiechair
• Charlotte Aynsley Johnson
• Claire Bethel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Donna Martin
• Helen Noon
• James Hennessey-Crowther
• Marie Smith
• Oliver Dockray

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

Operates in: Namibia · Philippines · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · Vietnam

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).