Mary Ward Loreto UK

Registered charity 1192478 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMSA, ANTI MODERN SLAVERY ALLIANCE

Promotion of awareness of human trafficking, its causes, manifestations and adverse consequences. To contribute to the prevention and relief of suffering of anyone who may have been a victim of human trafficking.

Objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(1) THE PROMOTION OF AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ITS CAUSES, MANIFESTATIONS, AND ITS DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING WITHIN LOCATIONS WHEREVER POTENTIAL VICTIMS MAY ORIGINATE;(2) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING OF ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE SUPPORT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND LEGAL AID, TO THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING;(3) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER HARDSHIP OF ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH ASSISTANCE WITH REPATRIATION, HOUSING AND SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY RE-INTEGRATION;(4) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESEARCH AND ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING;(5) TO REDUCE AND ERADICATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF MEANS BY WHICH TO COMBAT MODERN SLAVERY;(6) TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE SIMILAR OBJECTIVES AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THEIR WORK.

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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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£141k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with unrestricted funds of £10,492 at the end of the financial year, having incurred a net deficit as expenditure (£130,391) exceeded receipts (£125,473). The charity has no employed staff and relies on trustees and volunteers, with financial management assisted on a pro-bono basis. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Serious incident report submitted to Charities Commission regarding safeguarding failure involving a self-employed advisor convicted of serious sexual assault.
“We modified our policy on employment of outside contractors and submitted a serious incident report to the Charities Commission.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mary Ward Loreto UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Albania · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£141k£130k
31/12/2024£130k£123k
31/12/2023£101k£107k
31/12/2022£14k£576
31/12/2021£1k£48

Common questions

Is Mary Ward Loreto UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with unrestricted funds of £10,492 at the end of the financial year, having incurred a net deficit as expenditure (£130,391) exceeded receipts (£125,473). The charity has no employed staff and relies on trustees and volunteers, with financial management assisted on a pro-bono basis. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Mary Ward Loreto UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Mary Ward Loreto UK as a grant recipient include SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CIO, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SISTERS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CIOFY2025£5kto support work against trafficking
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£5kGeneral donations - other
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£5kGeneral donations – other Institutions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Mary Ward Loreto UK£141k—0unclear—no doubt
HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOUNDATION FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
MLD UK FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VOICE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
HER EQUALITY RIGHTS AND AUTONOMY FY2025£60k—0below—no doubt
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt

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