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MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1179482 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

MRF's principal objectives are:To promote and protect the mental health of young people through the provision of support, education and practical adviceTo provide support to families and friends of young people suffering from mental illness, including those bereaved after a suicideTo advance the awareness and education of the general public in all areas relating to mental illness

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £188,215 against a policy target of six months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £188k)
“Trustees have agreed that MRF should hold free reserves equivalent to no less than 6 months operating costs.” — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 19. Related parties
“During the year, the charity received donations aggregating £120 from a trustee.” — page 44
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Molly Rose Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£194k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£188k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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£2.2m£194k
31/12/2023£94k£41k
31/12/2022£43k£18k
31/12/2021£35k£3k
31/12/2020£24k£3k

Common questions

Is MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £188,215 against a policy target of six months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE INDIGO TRUST, THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ICKENHAM.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INDIGO TRUSTFY2025£20kPrevention of Child Sexual Abuse
THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALESFY2025£10kNational Suicide Prevention Network
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ICKENHAMFY2025£500Missionary and charitable giving

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST2£83k
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£30k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST2£18k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST2£14k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST2£7k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST2£4k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£3.1m
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£820k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FY2025£6.7m——unclear22.4%no doubt
MD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£411k——unclear—noted
MOLLY OLLY'S WISHES FY2025£933k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAX WINDLE MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
MUSIC RELIEF FOUNDATION FY2025£121k—0below—no doubt

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