MARY WARD SETTLEMENT
Registered charity 223066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MARY WARD CENTRE
The advancement of public education
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £576,000 for the year, driven by higher-than-anticipated costs at the Adult Education Centre following its relocation. Consequently, the Board approved the financial statements on a basis other than going concern, anticipating a potential merger with Newham College of Further Education to ensure financial resilience.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11.9m)
“were 63% of the lower end of the target and 21% of the higher end.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Register of Interests not kept fully up to date due to Clerk unavailability
“There was a period during the year when the Clerk to the Board was not fully available and consequently the Register of Interests was not kept fully up to date.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
In the news
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Veronica Daly — Chair of the Board (source)
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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£49k
Reserves (reported)
£11.9m
Reported reserves equal ~21.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Camden · Newham · Southwark
Income and spending
Common questions
Is MARY WARD SETTLEMENT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £576,000 for the year, driven by higher-than-anticipated costs at the Adult Education Centre following its relocation. Consequently, the Board approved the financial statements on a basis other than going concern, anticipating a potential merger with Newham College of Further Education to ensure financial resilience. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds MARY WARD SETTLEMENT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MARY WARD SETTLEMENT as a grant recipient include ROYAL FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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