MARS ORG. LTD

Registered charity 1152340 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £9,933 for the year, with total income of £1,451,711 and total resources expended of £1,441,778. The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory, noting that unrestricted reserves of £265,000 fall short of the stated policy target of £300,000 to £600,000, though they are confident the charity can continue its activities.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
The present level of unrestricted reserves available to the charity of £265,000 therefore falls short of this target level.
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£140k
Reserves (reported)
£384k
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.1m
31/12/2021£900k£883k
31/12/2020£1.4m£1.1m

Common questions

Is MARS ORG. LTD financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £9,933 for the year, with total income of £1,451,711 and total resources expended of £1,441,778. The trustees report that the financial position is satisfactory, noting that unrestricted reserves of £265,000 fall short of the stated policy target of £300,000 to £600,000, though they are confident the charity can continue its activities. Its FY2023 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, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED, HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£25kProject Funding

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