MARIE COLVIN JOURNALISTS' NETWORK

Registered charity 1199473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCJN

The Marie Colvin Journalists Network (MCJN) is an online community of Arab women journalists.We support each other through mentorship, professional advice, providing access to resources and opportunities, and networking.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:2.1.1 THE RELIEF OF NEED (INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, AMONGST WOMEN JOURNALISTS) CAUSED BY DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX, FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE OR OTHER FORM OF DISADVANTAGE;2.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF JOURNALISM AND ITS PRACTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIGH STANDARDS INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, MENTORING AND DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT;2.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY REFERRING OR FACILITATING ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICES;2.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £28,976 for the year, reducing total funds to £147,404. Unrestricted reserves of £146,987 remain well above the trustees' stated policy target of £80,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties impacting the going concern basis, with the board confident that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet commitments.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13821334

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FARAG, Fatemah — director, appointed 05/07/2025on trustee list
• CARTER, Burr Noland — director, appointed 14/06/2024on trustee list
• AL-KAISY, Aida, Dr — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
• HARB, Zahera, Dr. — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• DOUCET, Lyse Marie — director, appointed 29/12/2021on trustee list
• WELLESLEY, Caroline Jane, Lady — director, appointed 29/12/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LADY CAROLINE JANE WELLESLEYchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Aida Al-Kaisy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Burr Noland Carter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Zahera Harb
• Fatemah Farag
• Liliane Landor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lyse Marie Doucet

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

Operates in: Egypt · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Lebanon · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Throughout England And Wales · Tunisia · Turkey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 Muslim Women's Network UK.

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• MIGRANTS' RIGHTS NETWORK income £374k
• MEDIA MATTERS FOR WOMEN UK income £106k
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Side by side with its peers

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