MERSEYSIDE ASBESTOS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1178374 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAVS, MAVSG

We offer completely free and confidential services to victims of asbestos related diseases and their families on Merseyside and further afield, which include: DWP and other state benefitsSupport Group meetingsMembers meetingsFundraising activities and eventsEducational days Home visits

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS FROM ASBESTOS AND SILICA RELATED DISEASES IN MERSEYSIDE AND ITS ENVIRONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE. 2. TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF SUCH PERSONS & THEIR FAMILIES BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN ANY. 3. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN MERSEYSIDE AND ITS ENVIRONS SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS THROUGH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE BY THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SUCH PERSONS. 4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES. 5. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO THE HAZARDS POSED TO HEALTH BY ASBESTOS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £3,010 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £139,729 to £136,719. The accounts state that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit and has been examined by an independent examiner who found no matters requiring attention. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for keeping accounting records and preparing financial statements that give a true and fair view.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CARMEL CALVERT
• Derek Maylor
• Irene Leonard
• KENNETH NEWTON
• Louise Lee
• William Paul Lafferty

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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