Mariposa International (SG)

Registered charity 1151108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARIPOSA, SAYING GOODBYE, THE MARIPOSA TRUST

The Charity's activities support people who have experienced baby loss during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy and those journeying infertility. This is fulfilled by providing online and befriender support, counselling, resources, education, training, advocacy and Global Remembrance Events (240 to end of 2024), as well as campaigning for improvements in clinical care and support.

Objects

THE RELIEF IN NEED AND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY GESTATIONAL LOSS, STILL BIRTH OR DEATH OF A BABY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE HOLDING OF COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF A VARIETY OF SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING A NATIONAL TELEPHONE HELPLINE, BEFRIENDING GROUPS, COUNSELLING AND THERAPY.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £58,518 for the year, reducing its total funds from £142,389 to £83,871. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern, noting that current cash reserves exceed their stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing attributes the financial loss to planned work and states the charity is actively working to rebalance income and expenditure.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “The charity is also fortunate to have received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, which has helped to provide leaflets, equip…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOHN CLARK-COATES
• JASON ALFRED EVANS
• JULIE MICHELE WATTS
• Sarah Alei
• ZOE ADELLE CLARK-COATES MBE

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · France · Ireland · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Switzerland · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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