THE MAGDALENE GROUP

Registered charity 1177626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Magdalene Group prevents sexual exploitation, coercion and grooming of women and those involved in sex work by providing 1:1 support, addressing issues with homelessness, criminal justice, mental health etc. Also working with young people affected by exploitation to recognise and move away from unhealthy relationships. Delivering training to safeguard young people and educate professionals.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SUBJECT OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, EXPLOITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERNET SAFETY IN SCHOOLS, YOUTH GROUPS AND CARE HOMES.TO PROMOTE, SUSTAIN AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO RECOGNISE AND STAY SAFE FROM CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGETO PROVIDE ADVOCACY AND WELL-BEING SERVICES FOR THE RELIEF OF WOMEN IN NEED BY REASON OF EXPLOITATION, TRAFFICKING, COERCION, PROSTITUTION AND SEX WORK, WHO ALSO EXPERIENCE DISAVANTAGE, ILL HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND DISABILITY.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING WOMEN FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.PROVIDING OUTREACH, DROP IN AND INDIVIDUALISED SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF WOMEN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL HEALTH, HOUSING, CRIME, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT, RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN OR ADDICTION (INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS, OR AT HIGH RISK OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATION TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest surplus for the year, enabling the trustees to reinvest in service delivery and build towards reserves targets. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £304,038, which is below the stated policy target of £400,000–£500,000. The trustees acknowledge financial risks arising from reliance on a limited number of principal funders.

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.

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
• 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
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~13.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEORGINA ALICE HOLLOWAYchair
• CAROLINE ELLIOTT
• Dr Ngozi Elumogo
• Emma Hayward
• Paige Gouldthorpe
• Yvonne Ross

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAGDALENE PROJECT.

• THE MAGDALENE PROJECT income £108k
• WOMEN’S HEALTH MATTERS income £850k
• MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST income £153k
• TAUNTON WOMENS AID income £36k
• MEDAILLE TRUST income £6.0m
• SURVIVORS TOGETHER income £78k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.