THE MARTIN MORAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1193111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARTIN MORAN FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC051100 (OSCR)

Climbing and Mountaineering instructional courses for young people.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, AGED 16 - 18, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH:THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY MOUNTAINEERING AND CLIMBING TRAINING, WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS, SCHOLARSHIPS ON OUTDOOR EDUCATION COURSES RUN BY THE CIO.

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Highland, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,443 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total income of £52,086 and total expenditure of £49,643. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £82,753, which is above the stated policy target of £48,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity is able to operate for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2023 (received 09/12/2023, 9 days after the 30/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Martin Moran Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hazel Roslyn Moran
• Ian Stuart Dring
• Richard Geraint Talbot
• Richard John Moran

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £139k
• THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
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Side by side with its peers

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