MARS ORG. LTD
Registered charity 1152340 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Giving medical advocacy to people in need
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,606 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total resources expended of £1,570,081 against incoming resources of £1,595,687. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £326,000 fall within the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure (£300,000 to £600,000). The financial position is described as satisfactory, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £326k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be between 3 and 6 months of the expenditure.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2023) to "within" (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rabbi Grunfeld — Leader/Founder (source)
- Rabbi Grunfeld — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£140k
Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- HERSHEL GRUNFELDchair
- JACOB HERZKA · trustee of 3 other charities
- PINCHAS WEINBERGER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MARS ORG. LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,606 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total resources expended of £1,570,081 against incoming resources of £1,595,687. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £326,000 fall within the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of expenditure (£300,000 to £600,000). The financial position is described as satisfactory, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.
Who funds MARS ORG. LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MARS ORG. LTD as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION, LONIA LIMITED, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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