Registered number: 07657115 Charity number: 1144355
MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
UNAUDITED
TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Document ID: 6859b6f2602938bbd4c3607cc29771d80a2d9ea08829d6f851cc63a0e3877f71
MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
CONTENTS
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| Reference and administrative details of the Company, its Trustees and advisers | 1 |
| Chairman's statement | 2 |
| Trustees' report | 3 - 14 |
| Independent examiner's report | 15 - 16 |
| Statement of financial activities | 17 |
| Balance sheet | 18 - 19 |
| Statement of cash flows | 20 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 21 - 36 |
Document ID: 6859b6f2602938bbd4c3607cc29771d80a2d9ea08829d6f851cc63a0e3877f71
MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Trustees | Professor R Armitage |
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| C AynsleyJohnson | |
| C Bethel | |
| D Crawford(appointed 26 October 2023) | |
| O Dockray,Treasurer | |
| J Hennessey (appointed 26 October 2023) | |
| L Legard | |
| G Scobbie,Chair | |
| P Stevens | |
| Company registered number 07657115 Charity registered number 1144355 Registered office Suite 13 Evolution Centre Darlington Road County Business Park Northallerton DL6 2NQ Chief executive officer Victoria Green Bankers Barclays Bank Leicester LE87 2BB Charity Bank Fosse House 182 High St Tonbridge TN9 1BE Independent examiner Laura Masheder FCA DChA BHP LLP Rievaulx House 1 St Mary's Court Blossom Street York YO24 1AH |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
In the 2023 report, I was pleased to highlight our continued evolution as an organisation, with greater focus on our strategic vision and key differentiators, which helped the Marie Collins Foundation (MCF) sustain and enhance its unique contribution to ensuring children’s safety from technology- assisted child sexual abuse. We believe that only through working together with partners and listening to the voices of victims and survivors can we deliver on our vision that every child harmed by technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA) will be guided and helped throughout their recovery journey.
Building on this philosophy, we have further developed our ‘Lived Experience Group’ so that the voice of the victim and survivor is elevated to better inform our thinking and influence across our key strategic areas, from developing professional practice to influencing national and international policy making.
Recognising the rapidly changing pace of technology and the risks posed by ‘standing still’, we took the time to conduct an organisational ‘Theory of Change’. Through this process we sought to ensure we are forward thinking in terms of new and emerging threats from technology and that our ‘value proposition’ in terms of protecting children from TACSA and providing help and guidance to victims and survivors throughout their recovery journey remains current and valuable.
Of course, we can only do this work through the tremendous support we receive from our excellent funders, for which we are extremely grateful, and by working with a range of partners who share our passion for this work. We will continue to develop these relationships as our future success is dependent on strong and fruitful partnerships.
Lastly, I would like to thank all the staff at the MCF who work tirelessly to make sure the Marie Collins Foundation do everything possible to keep the growing scale of TACSA high on the priority list of governments and an increasingly aware general public, so we can affect real change.
I am proud to be the Chair of Trustees for the Marie Collins Foundation and to present this 2024 report on behalf of the board.
Signer ID: GMSBKYMDE6... G Scobbie Chairman
Date: 27/11/2024 GMT
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Marie Collins Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2024. The annual report serves the purposes of both a Trustees' report and a directors' report under company law. The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Since the Company qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the strategic report required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors' Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.
Objectives and activities
a. The Charity's Objects/Mission
The principal objects of the charity are to ensure that children and young people who suffer sexual abuse facilitated by the internet or otherwise, are supported to recover and live safe and fulfilling lives, free from fear and positive about their future.
The Board undertake processes that ensure our charitable activities are based on a sound governance footing. Such processes include DBS checks on all trustees and staff, development of a risk management register, a trustees’ skills audit, implementation of relevant policies, ensuring that appropriate indemnities are in place to protect the liabilities of the charity, development of a five-year strategic plan and an accompanying business plan. All these processes have been reviewed throughout the year April 2023-March 2024. All the Charity’s business processes, and infrastructure comply with the relevant legal requirements e.g., Children’s Act, Disability Discrimination Act, General Data Protection Regulation.
b. Overview of Achievements 2023-24
This year saw the team working hard to foster new and impactful partnerships both within the UK and Internationally. The issue of technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TACSA) is unfortunately one that is becoming more prevalent. The reality is that no one organisation tackle can tackle this alone. However, MCF is distinct in its ability to bring the voices and perspectives of victims and survivors into the narrative about TACSA in a sensitive yet powerful way. This sought-after expertise enables us to shape and strengthen the network of support around children and families affected by TACSA, ensuring their needs are prioritised.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
We provide this perspective by integrating insights from:
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Lived experience: Through our Lived Experience Group (LEG)
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Practice: Through our hands-on work with children and families and the professionals who support them,
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learning from both what works and what needs to change.
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Research: Collaborating with academics and research partners to ensure that research is informed by lived experience and practice. We advise on research gaps, shape academic studies, disseminate evidence-based findings, and translate research into practice for professionals. We also apply this evidence to our own work.
Lived experience , practice , and research underpin and enable all our efforts.
Additionally, we bring the following assets and strengths to our work:
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Highly Qualified Staff : A well-qualified, high-quality team with expertise in supporting children and families affected by TACSA, including social work experience.
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Credible Voice : Recognised and listened to as a credible voice in the field.
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Strong Relationships and Networks: Established relationships and networks that enhance our influence and reach.
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Government Influence: Ability to influence policy and decision-making at the government level.
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Diverse Financial Support: Financial backing from a wide range of funders.
Our continued ability to work with partners and organisations to improve outcomes for the victims Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TASCA) is again thanks to the unstinting support of our funders. during this financial year. The Indigo Trust Foundation have been invaluable in the support and funding of MCF. They have provided multi-year unrestricted funding which has not only enabled us to focus our energies on key deliverables such as direct support to families, training and resource development, but allowed us to develop as a staff team and collaborate with partners to better influence at the highest levels of government. The Oak Foundation have enabled us to move forward our advocacy strategy and work. This included the Victim and Survivor Advocate becoming the Head of Advocacy and joining the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the appointment of a new Victim and Survivor Advocate. Safe Online have enabled us to support a range of organisations across the globe, fund our Partnership Manager post, continue our Global Protection Network and work with the Dragon S+ project in partnership with Swansea University. We have also received unrestricted support from The Garfield Foundation.
The support from the Metropolitan Police and Help for Children has enabled us to develop new resources which will have a direct impact on the lives of children and support professionals on the ground in their work. The collaboration with Missing Children Europe is enabling us to train professionals across Greece, Lithuania and Italy and elevate the voice of victims and survivors. The collaboration with IPSOS enabled us to take part in important research for OFCOM. We are very grateful to the continued support to MCF by BT, who support us with venue and technical support for our annual conference, which we are delighted is on the 6th and 7th November 2024.
We have begun the process of reprioritising the organisation by undertaking a Theory of Change process. This will inform our strategic priorities for 2024-25 and ensure MCF remains relevant to contemporary issues and is focussed on where we can make the biggest difference. Our commitment and drive to make an impact in this area remains at the forefront of our work.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
c. Strategic Plan
Marie Collins Foundation was founded on one key principle – to ensure that all those who are the victim of technologyassisted child sexual abuse receive support on their recovery journey and go on to live safe and fulfilling lives. To do this we share our knowledge, information, guidance, and support to major players in this space worldwide. We are privileged to also work directly with victims and their families and learn from their experiences. Combining the voices of the victims of today with the experiences and expertise of our Lived Experience Group gives us a powerful and unique foundation upon which to take this work forward.
The internet and technology continue to both grow and evolve. There are new ways that children are being harmed. Those of us aiming to prevent this must be responsive. To this end, this strategic plan is not static and is reviewed regularly to ensure MCF looks forward and has the correct focus. We remain true to our key principle; we just continually reflect on how to best achieve it.
In 2023-24 our efforts are focussed on four key themes.
Advocacy
What we said we would do - with continued learning from speaking directly with victims and survivors, perspectives regarding the sexual abuse of children facilitated or enabled by technology will be informed. Advocating for victims and their families, organisations and governments will be supported to make sustainable improvements to their service delivery and ensure victims’ voices are heard.
1. Specialist support to victims of TACSA informs practice to improve the response, elevate good practice and challenge poor practice.
To inform practice, we have developed a free recovery resource for children harmed or abused through TACSA. Survey undertaken by MCF shows that many professionals who undertake work with a child have little confidence in the work they are doing.
The Victim Identification team (MET Police) approached MCF to develop materials to leave with a child and their family after visiting a victim. We are developing a range of support material for children aged 5-18 and consulted Police cadets about the design. All the police officers are being trained in investigative skills.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
2. Provision of strategic advice and guidance to inform governments, academia and third sector partners.
This year we have continued to attend strategic meetings to inform partners. These include: NCA Protect and Prepare Board MOJ Stakeholders forum Violence against Women and Girls International NGO UKCIS Early Warning Group IICSA Changemakers IWF Advisory Board The Pornography Review Coalition.
MCF supported the Home Office’s #NoPlaceToHide campaign through advice, being part of the creation of a video message to Mark Zukerberg, providing quotes and pre-recorded interviews.
3. Promotion of global initiatives through leading an international, multi-sector response to tackling online CSAE.
In January, our Safe Online funded Global Protection Network project came to its conclusion. Through this project MCF have had the opportunity to increase the influence of the GPN through new partnerships and the continuation of existing partnerships.
Overall, this project, while reinforcing good practices in respect of other forms of child abuse and neglect, has increased the awareness of the special skill set required to support victims of TACSA.
We have translated MCF resources into Greek, Lithuanian, Spanish and Ukrainian. They are currently being translated into Swahili which will make them accessible to 17 million people in Kenya and many more in the region.
Targeted professionals have been trained to deliver our Click: Path to Protection training thereby ensuring the continued sharing of best practice. The training has been received by over 1,400 international colleagues.
MCF presented with The One Economy Foundation on national television “Good Morning Namibia” bringing to 1.6 million people the impact of technology-assisted child sexual abuse and encouraging people to take action to combat this abuse.
MCF have developed a Child Protection manual to support the continuing upskilling of professionals on all the different types of child abuse. We also have developed a model of best practice for victim and survivor centred practice. Both resources are available for download on the GPN website.
In addition, we have
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supported the hotline development with Inhope across Europe and in Nigeria and Colombia.
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co-chaired of the We protect Task and Finish group
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been a member of the Comprehensive European Strategy against Grooming and Missing (CESAGRAM) Expert board
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Delivered training for the CESAGRAM project
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Are a member of the Brave Global Campaign group for a safer internet
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Attend and participate in the European Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group (ECLAG) to support the EU CSA Regulation.
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Are a member of SAGE (Survivor Advocates Globally Empowered) lived experience advisory board to the global Brave Movement.
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Attended the Tech Coalition convening in Washington and the Safe Online Convening Thailand.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
4. MCF’s Lived Experience Group (LEG) influences the work of MCF and future policy, law and service delivery.
LEG brings together the experiences of victims and survivors to drive a more nuanced and cohesive approach to tackling technology-assisted child sexual abuse and inform strategy. This group is supported to bring their unique insights to drive the development of research, campaigns, challenge of policy makers through the strategic meetings with government departments and other NGOs, assist in the prevention effort, and improve the professional capacity to respond with tools, training packages and resources.
Membership has grown to 13 members with lived experience of childhood sexual abuse, with the majority having experienced TACSA. This includes both inside and outside the family home.
A robust recruitment and induction process has been developed with a wellbeing plan in place. The group has already contributed in the following way:
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CESAGRAM project–Reviewed and provided feedback on the research protocol, safeguarding arrangements and interview questions prior to research undertaken with victims and survivors, and later reviewed the resulting research report and provided feedback
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MET Resource development – Input their experiences and views of what is necessary and appropriate to be included in the resource; wrote a letter to accompany the resource; and contributed to the animation and provided feedback on the final product.
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TACSA Intervention resource – Input their experiences and views of what is necessary and appropriate to be included in the resource; wrote a letter to be used within the intervention; and provided feedback on the options for names.
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Operation Hydrant – Contributing to a national awareness campaign aimed at victims and survivors who have not previously reached out to anybody about their experiences. The campaign’s message is one of hope and encouragement to speak to somebody, even if this isn’t reporting it to the police. LEG has informed the messaging from the start and have been invited to participate in recording messaging to be included in the film.
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Dragon S+ - reviewed and provided feedback on the sample assets
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Luxembourg Guidelines – Worked with the ‘victim blaming language’ subgroup (of the larger group of organisations reviewing the guidelines) which is creating a framework of how to deal with new language as it comes out – feeding in their views on what questions we need to ask in deciding what an appropriate term is.
5. Inform media reporting of issues that take account of victim welfare
In all reporting, the challenge is to ensure that the child is not blamed, that responsibility for abuse rests with both the abuser and the platforms that enable it. MCF have worked with two different media researchers on future projects. We have also appeared in two newspaper articles and on 9 television or radio programmes. It has been a challenge to ensure children are not criminalised or blamed for their abuse.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
Education
What we said we would do – Develop professionals to have the skills, capacity and capability to provide relevant and informed support to victims. This awareness and understanding enables professionals to deliver effective survivor-focused practices from the moment the abuse is discovered. The wider public and those with a broader safeguarding brief, both nationally and internationally have a greater awareness and understanding of TACSA.
1. Global Protection Network (GPN) platform provides access to expertise academic research, practitioner tools and expert guidance to help implement the WePROTECT Global Alliance’s Model National Response (MNR).
A lot of work has gone in to upgrading the GPN platform to make it easier to access, more user friendly, with opportunities to collaborate being created. We have taken away the need to log-in for general information and resources. It is more accessible than the old platform and includes the ability to translate the information into other languages. The new landing page highlights the reach of MCF through an interactive map. It also brings to professionals all around the globe and easy to use and navigate facility.
MCF have worked hard on identifying resources and seeking the permissions to include links to them on the GPN which Provides practitioners with useful validated resources that demonstrates to partners the ethos of MCF in sharing the expertise of our organisation and that of others.
2. A range of bespoke training opportunities tailored to meet the needs and requirements of the commissioning service.
In this year, MCF have spoken at 14 conferences, delivered 13 different training courses (TACSA awareness, Click Path to Protection, HSB (Harmful Sexual behaviour), Communicating with Children, Investigative skills) and 4 webinars to over 1,000 professionals across UK. MCF have also enabled the delivery of training to over 1,000 internationally.
3. Click Path to Protection programme of professional development
Click Path to Protection was originally a suite of three courses, depending on role: Think, Act and Manage. It was designed to take practitioners on the recovery journey of a child and understand how they can intervene at different stages in a way that understands the differential impacts of TASCA and improves outcomes for children. Evaluation of the training has demonstrated participants particularly valued the case studies and small group discussions. This led to sessions being tailored to meet the learning needs of the group. 2024-25 will see a new Click Path to Protection training offer, with new case studies provided by our Lived Experience Group and new films and animations. The training will we be a mixed offer, with the core elements of Think and Act merging into a one-day face to face training offer. Specialist training opportunities will be provided covering topics such as Child on Child abuse, Trauma, Supporting the whole family, Communication and Investigation.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
4. Training the Trainer –to equip practitioners with the knowledge and skills to cascade the CLICK programme within their organisations and areas.
This has been our principal delivery method for the international projects. Within Europe, trainers have been trained in Lithuania with trainers in Greece and Italy being trained in the coming months. The impact will be the messages and principles of appropriate intervention when working with TACSA will be cascaded to professionals in Greece, Lithuania, and Italy as they roll out the programme in their countries. Prior to this, when children went missing technology was not considered.
Lifeline/Childline Namibia are continuing the rollout of Click in their country. At the end of this financial year, 756 professionals have been trained with plans to deliver to another 300.
5. Support for Parents and Carers by equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to support their child through the provision of workshops and resources
This year saw one very well supported interactive workshop facilitated by our consultant Psychotherapy Counsellor. Going forward the plan is to have parents’ drop-in sessions which will be co-facilitated by a parent of a family we have been supporting.
The website page has been revamped to include a lot more useful information for parents and carers, including how to get in touch with the team. We have developed two resources/guides for parents that has been translated into Spanish, Lithuanian, Greek, Ukrainian and Swahili.
We have developed a resource for launch in the summer that contains information for both children and parents to help them understand where they can get help and support after the police have visited their home.
There is a section on the website to signpost families to support when a family member has committed a child sexual abuse image offence.
Innovation
What we said we would do – work to ensure that interventions come from evidence-based practice and are effective, consistent and achieve the best outcomes for children, young people, and their families. These interventions are truly informed by the voice of the victim and survivor.
1. Support developments by industry partners to better detect the online abuse of children and young people.
The CEO attended a Tech Coalition-WeProtect meeting Washington and contributed to conversation with international industry partners on how to tackle the risk to boys of financial sextortion, which is an important emerging issue, including how we have not given information to boys in the same way we have girls.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
2. Identify gaps in existing research and propose new academic studies, which set out to address them.
MCF partnered with Swansea University on the Safe Online funded research to develop a blueprint of messaging for Tech industry and others to use when developing guidance and training for helpline, hotline and moderator personnel. The focus of this research was on the use of language as a grooming tool. How perpetrators coerce, control and manipulate the children. And how the children resist. The more people understand grooming the bigger the chance is they can detect. Our involvement has included LEG expertise. MCF were instrumental in bringing a wide range of international partners to the table, allowing for the analysis of chatlogs from other cultures which has enabled the identification of regional variance in grooming and resistance techniques.
MCF were able to bring the voice of lived experience to the subject of regulation of online spaces through supporting the Ofcom/Ipsos research. MCF have supported feedback from a family we are working with and professionals within the team have also completed survey. With us completing what was agreed our support of this research will be finishing.
3. Appraise and review emerging research in the field.
MCF have the privilege of having access to the University of Suffolk library. The team are also regularly called upon to consult on new research. We have worked with academia to inform research with University of Suffolk, Manchester University, Swansea University, Edinburgh University and University of Warwick. We advised on the design of the Ipsos research to enable them to gain an understanding for OFCOM on the nature and impact of Technology Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA).
4. Adapt the training and consultancy we offer based on emerging research from academia and evaluation of MCF’s existing products to ensure our services always remain current and pioneering
5. Learn from and engage in ongoing dialogue with the child victims we support to keep abreast of developments in relation to children.
Recovery
All the above strands contribute and influence this final strand and demonstrates the indirect work MCF makes to improve the recovery outcomes for victims and their families of technology assisted child sexual abuse
What we said we would do – ensure that the response to victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse does no further harm to children and supports them, their family and wider support networks on their recovery journey.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Objectives and activities (continued)
1. Provide direct support services to children, young people and their families affected by technology-assisted child sexual abuse until a time when they no longer need i t.
The team have provided specialist support to 17 new families and continued the support to 5 ongoing cases. This support ranged from advice to longer term support of over a year or more. Families have our support for as long as they require it. The support includes advocating on behalf of families, challenging poor practice and empowering families to advocate for themselves. Learning is shared by the team at strategic meetings, through training and at conference presentations.
2. Mentor service practitioners who are actively involved in recovery work with children and young people to develop their capacity and capability.
We use the learning from our direct work to build the capacity of the workforce to respond. We identify the knowledge and practice gaps and develop strategies to overcome these. An example is in our practice we found that other professionals were using e-safety resources to work with children who had already been the victim of TACSA leading to further trauma and victim blaming. So, we undertook a survey with practitioners that evidenced the need for resources to do direct work with children. 167 professionals responded, with 27% from local authority children’s services, 27% from education and 19% from Children’s NGOs. The remainder were from Health and Adult services. 84% said they would use this in their work with 90% expressing a current lack of confidence in intervening. It will be free for practitioners to use and should improve outcomes for thousands of children.
We also identified that practitioners did not know how to respond to child-on-child sexual abuse with 72% saying they had received no training on the subject despite 69% having encountered it in their work environment. We therefore provide training on this as well as audits for schools.
3. Provide bespoke one-on-one support with victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse, including adults who were abused during their childhood, in a safe space where they are treated with dignity and respect
We do direct work with the child helping them understand what has been done to them, and conveying a message of hope that they can, with support recover from this. This is particularly powerful when it comes from a team member who herself has experienced Technology-assisted child sexual abuse and the impacts of this on her life.
We have two members of our Lived Experience Group who used MCF when they were child victims of TACSA. They are now empowered to use what was done to them to advocate for improvements in policy and practice across the safeguarding landscape. One said recently ‘without you, you sitting on the floor with me, helping me understand how he groomed me, I do not think I would be here today’
Achievements and performance
Financial review
a. Financial review
Total income for the year under review was £648,155, £374,103 of which was restricted, and total expenditure for the year was £566,533, £295,856 of which was restricted. The Marie Collins Foundation would like to thank all its supporters and funders for their support over the past year.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
b. Reserves policy
The charity’s cash reserves of £807,681 are held on instant access bank accounts. The charity is still relatively young and is going through a rapid development phase. The Reserves Policy states that 3 months operational costs are the reserves level required, which is currently around £108,686.
The unrestricted reserves of £504,619 exceed the level of £108,686 set by the Trustees owing to a number of grants during the year which were intended for a general purpose of promoting best practice when intervening with child victims abused online and preventing further abuse.
c. Fundraising
We strive to achieve the highest fundraising standards and we value our supportive funders. We are staying up to date with developments in charity regulation, data protection and the Fundraising Preference Service (FPS) to make sure we are legally compliant and adhering to all guidelines. Our fundraisers follow the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice. No complaints relating to fundraising were received in the year. We have registered with the Fundraising Regulator or the financial year 2023-24.
d. Renumeration of key staff
The pay of the charity’s key management staff is reviewed annually and may be increased in accordance with national indicators such as inflation or average earnings where financially possible and prudent. The remuneration is also benchmarked with charities of a similar size and activity to ensure that it is fair and not out of line with that generally paid for similar roles.
e. Recruitment of trustees
Trustee vacancies are filled through advertisements and nominations and trustees are elected at the next scheduled Board of Trustee Meeting following a vacancy becoming available. Board membership is reviewed at each quarterly meeting. The induction and training of Trustees is carried out by the Chair, supported by the Trustees and wider MCF team.
f. Risk
The Trustees have established a Risk Management Group and the group and Board have examined the major risks which the charity faces and seek to control these risks to mitigate any impact that they may have on the charity. These are managed on an ongoing basis as part of a regular risk review cycle. The key risk has been identified as funding as this impacts on MCF’s ability to carry out its main aims and objectives. The charity has achieved steady increased growth and income. The trustees recognise that, having placed the charity on a safe governance footing, the newly launched 5-year strategic plan clearly identifies the work priorities and associated funding needs and will continue to monitor funding on a quarterly basis.
g. Public benefit
Trustees of a charity have a new duty to report in their Annual Report on their charity’s public benefit. The Directors of the Marie Collins Foundation have considered the requirements which are explained on the Charity Commission website. These requirements came into force for accounting periods ending on or after 31st March 2010.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
h. Public benefit statement
The sections of this report above entitled “The Charity’s Objects/Mission” and “The Charity’s Activities/Achievements and Performances” sets out the Marie Collins Foundation’s objectives and reports on the activity and successes in the year to 31 March 2024, as well as explaining the key development plans for the current financial year. The trustees have considered that the Marie Collins Foundation’s work benefits a wide range of individuals in the local community and much further afield.
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That the aims of the organisation continue to be charitable.
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That the aims and the work done give identifiable benefits to the charitable sector and both indirectly and directly to individuals in need.
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That the benefits are for the public, are not unreasonably restricted in any way and certainly not by ability to pay; and
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That there is no detriment or harm arising from the aims or activities.
a. Use of volunteers
Due to the specialist nature of its activities, MCF engages in limited use of volunteers.
Plans for future periods
MCF continues to build its reputation for being an organisation with the skills and knowledge base to improve and influence the current service provision for children harmed through technology. Having established the charity as one of the lead agencies in the field of technology-assisted child sexual abuse, we will continue to seek a strong, sustainable funding base that will allow the organisation to grow and have greater influence.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities
The Trustees (who are also the directors of the Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Signer ID: GMSBKYMDE6... Signer ID: 0AFNSIIUUL... G Scobbie O Dockray Chair of Trustees Treasurer Date: 27/11/2024 GMT
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Marie Collins Foundation ('the Company')
I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the Trustees of the Company (and its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Company's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
This report is made solely to the Company's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Company's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.
Signed: Laura Washeder Dated: 28/11/2024 GMT Signer ID: CRZCVPKXXZ... Laura Masheder FCA DChA
BHP LLP
Rievaulx House 1 St Mary's Court Blossom Street York YO24 1AH
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Note Income from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Other trading activities 4 Investments 5 Other income 6 Total income Expenditure on: Raising funds 7 Charitable activities 8 Total expenditure Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Net movement in funds Total funds carried forward 17 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 3,941 250,000 34,496 9,193 12,422 310,052 21,232 260,416 281,648 28,404 476,215 28,404 504,619 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ - 374,103 - - - 374,103 - 284,885 284,885 89,218 199,523 89,218 288,741 |
Total funds 2024 £ 3,941 624,103 34,496 9,193 12,422 684,155 21,232 545,301 566,533 117,622 675,738 117,622 793,360 |
Total funds 2023 £ 77,817 308,007 112,614 2,115 246 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500,799 | ||||
| 30,329 458,674 |
||||
| 489,003 | ||||
| 11,796 | ||||
| 663,942 11,796 |
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| 675,738 |
The Statement of financial activities complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006 and includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All expenditure derives from continuing activities.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07657115
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
| Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 14 Current assets Debtors 15 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 16 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Total net assets Charity funds Restricted funds 17 Unrestricted funds 17 Total funds |
9,049 807,681 816,730 (24,105) |
2024 £ 735 735 792,625 793,360 793,360 288,741 504,619 793,360 |
15,543 675,385 690,928 (15,190) |
2023 £ - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - 675,738 |
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| 675,738 | ||||
| 675,738 | ||||
| 199,523 476,215 |
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| 675,738 |
The Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07657115
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED) AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Signer ID: GMSBKYMDE6...
G Scobbie (Chair of Trustees)
Signer ID: 0AFNSIIUUL...
O Dockray (Trustee)
Date: 27/11/2024 GMT
The notes on pages 21 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Note Cash flows from operating activities Net cash provided by operating activities 19 Cash flows from investing activities Interest income 5 Purchase of tangible fixed assets Net cash provided by investing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year 21 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 20 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 20 |
2024 £ 124,083 9,193 (980) 8,213 132,296 675,385 807,681 |
2023 £ 2,048 |
|---|---|---|
| 2,115 - |
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| 2,115 | ||
| 4,163 671,222 |
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| 675,385 |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1. Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Marie Collins Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain financial instruments at fiar value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2 Going concern
The Trustees have at the time of approving the financial statements a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accouting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Income
All income is recognised once the Company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Grants are included in the statement of financial activities on a receivable basis. The balance of income received for specific purposes but not expended during the period is shown in the relevant funds on the balance sheet. Where income is received in advance of entitlement of receipt, its recognition is deferred and included in creditors as deferred income. Where entitlement occurs before income is received, the income is accrued.
Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Other income is recognised in the period in which it is receivable and to the extent the goods have been provided or on completion of the service.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1. Accounting policies (continued)
1.4 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the Company to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading.
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Company's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
1.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Tangible fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, .
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
Office equipment - 25% Straight line Computer equipment - 25% Straight line
1.6 Debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
1.7 Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1. Accounting policies (continued)
1.8 Liabilities and provisions
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the statement of financial activities as a finance cost.
1.9 Financial instruments
The Company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
1.10 Operating leases
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the statement of financial activities on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
1.11 Pensions
The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the Company to the fund in respect of the year.
1.12 Employee benefits
The costs of short term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense where settlement obligations does not fall within the same period.
1.13 Fund accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Company and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
2. Income from donations and legacies
| Donations and gift aid Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 3,941 77,817 |
Total funds 2024 £ 3,941 77,817 |
Total funds 2023 £ 77,817 |
|---|---|---|---|
3. Income from charitable activities
| EVAC BT Indigo Trust Indigo Coalition Oak Foundation Dragon S+ Met Police Help for Children Missing Children EVAC (2) Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ - - 250,000 - - - - - - - 250,000 111,500 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ - - - 125,000 150,666 9,763 6,000 24,000 58,674 - 374,103 196,507 |
Total funds 2024 £ - - 250,000 125,000 150,666 9,763 6,000 24,000 58,674 - 624,103 308,007 |
Total funds 2023 £ 90 74,000 105,000 - - - - - - 128,917 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308,007 | ||||
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
4. Income from other trading activities
Income from non charitable trading activities
| Training Consultancy Conference Total 2023 Investment income Bank interest Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 15,543 10,583 8,370 34,496 112,614 Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 9,193 2,115 |
Total funds 2024 £ 15,543 10,583 8,370 34,496 112,614 Total funds 2024 £ 9,193 2,115 |
Total funds 2023 £ 3,304 104,002 5,308 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 112,614 | |||
| Total funds 2023 £ 2,115 |
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5. Investment income
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
6. Other income
| Other income Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 12,422 246 |
Total funds 2024 £ 12,422 246 |
Total funds 2023 £ 246 |
|---|---|---|---|
7. Expenditure on raising funds
Trading expenses
| Direct costs Professional and consultancy fees Conferences, events and meetings Administrative support Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ - 12,463 620 8,149 21,232 30,329 |
Total funds 2024 £ - 12,463 620 8,149 21,232 30,329 |
Total funds 2023 £ 16 18,848 3,248 8,217 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30,329 | |||
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
8. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
Summary by fund type
| Charitable activities Total 2023 |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 260,416 120,460 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ 284,885 338,214 |
Total 2024 £ 545,301 458,674 |
Total 2023 £ 458,674 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Analysis of expenditure by activities
| Charitable activities Total 2023 |
Activities undertaken directly 2024 £ 383,472 335,391 |
Support costs 2024 £ 161,829 123,283 |
Total funds 2024 £ 545,301 458,674 |
Total funds 2023 £ 458,674 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
9. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)
Analysis of direct costs
| Staff costs EVAC Expenses BT Expenses HFC Expenses Oak Expenses EVAC (2) Expenses MCE Expenses Met Police Expenses Dragon S+ Expenses Analysis of support costs Administrative support Professional and consultancy fees Conferences, events and meetings Other |
Total funds 2024 £ 337,414 35,991 - 1,685 1,011 - 5,699 1,592 80 383,472 Total funds 2024 £ 53,831 62,927 17,953 27,118 161,829 |
Total funds 2023 £ 283,851 44,742 1,606 - 4,842 350 - - - |
|---|---|---|
| 335,391 | ||
| Total funds 2023 £ 29,576 61,319 5,184 27,204 |
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| 123,283 |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
10. Net income / expenditure for the year
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Depreciation | 245 | 375 |
| Operating lease charge | 5,268 | 6,794 |
| Independent examination fee | 5,615 | 5,350 |
| Preparation of accounts fee payable to accountants | 3,120 | 2,750 |
11. Independent examiner's
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Independent examination of the financial statements | 2,728 | 2,600 |
| Fees payable to the Company's independent examiner in respect of: | ||
| Preparation of the financial accounts | 2,887 | 2,750 |
12. Staff costs
| Wages and salaries Social security costs Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes |
2024 £ 303,871 26,650 6,893 337,414 |
2023 £ 256,249 21,732 5,870 |
|---|---|---|
| 283,851 |
The average number of persons employed by the Company during the year was as follows:
| 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| No. | No. |
| 8 | 8 |
No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year.
The key management personnel of the charity are the Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer, Business Manager and Director of Services. The aggregate employment benefits, including employer's national insurance and pension contributions of the key management personnel of the charity were £166,065 (2023: £138,560).
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
13. Trustees' remuneration and expenses
During the year, J Hennessey was paid for consultancy services to inform the work of the charity, the total paid for the year was £725 (2023: £nil), which included expenses. These fees were not paid to J Hennessey in relation to his role as a trustee.
During the year ended 31 March 2024, expenses totalling £355 were reimbursed or paid directly to 3 Trustees (2023 - £35 paid to 1 trustee). The expenses related to travel expenses and board meetings held during the year.
14. Tangible fixed assets
| Cost or valuation At 1 April 2023 Additions At 31 March 2024 Depreciation At 1 April 2023 Charge for the year At 31 March 2024 Net book value At 31 March 2024 At 31 March 2023 |
Office equipment £ 129 - 129 129 - 129 - - |
Computer equipment £ 5,200 980 6,180 5,200 245 5,445 735 - |
Total £ 5,329 980 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,309 | |||
| 5,329 245 |
|||
| 5,574 | |||
| 735 | |||
| - |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
15. Debtors
| Due within one year Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income |
2024 £ 5,441 630 2,978 9,049 |
2023 £ 2,165 - 13,378 |
|---|---|---|
| 15,543 |
16. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| Trade creditors Other creditors Accruals |
2024 £ 5,969 9,682 8,454 24,105 |
2023 £ 6,858 2,982 5,350 |
|---|---|---|
| 15,190 |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
17. Statement of funds
Statement of funds - current year
| Unrestricted funds General Funds Restricted funds EVAC Help for Children NYCC EVAC (2) Missing Children Oak Foundation Met Police Dragon S+ Indigo Coalition Total of funds |
Balance at 1 April 2023 £ 476,215 83,128 - 1,591 114,804 - - - - - 199,523 675,738 |
Income £ 310,052 - 24,000 - - 58,674 150,666 6,000 9,763 125,000 374,103 684,155 |
Expenditure £ (281,648) - (15,218) (1,172) (114,804) (54,104) (78,857) (12,856) (7,874) - (284,885) (566,533) |
Balance at 31 March 2024 £ 504,619 83,128 8,782 419 - 4,570 71,809 (6,856) 1,889 125,000 288,741 793,360 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
17. Statement of funds (continued)
Statement of funds - prior year
| Unrestricted funds General Funds Restricted funds BT EVAC NYCC Oak Tides Google Tides EVAC (2) Missing Children Total of funds |
Balance at 1 April 2022 £ 324,065 90,644 136,468 14,533 24,388 73,844 - - 339,877 663,942 |
Income £ 304,292 67,500 90 - - - 128,917 - 196,507 500,799 |
Expenditure £ (150,789) (158,144) (53,430) (12,942) (24,388) (73,844) (14,113) (1,353) (338,214) (489,003) |
Transfers in/out £ (1,353) - - - - - - 1,353 1,353 - |
Balance at 31 March 2023 £ 476,215 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - 83,128 1,591 - - 114,804 - |
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| 199,523 | |||||
| 675,738 |
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
17. Statement of funds (continued)
EVAC and EVAC 2 - Funding for the development of a global protection online network and capacity building work in priority countries.
Help for Children - Funding in support of the Click: Path to Protection training programme.
NYCC - Funding in support of Keeping Children Safe in North Yorkshire project.
Missing children- Funding to support Missing Children Europe, an EU project for improving the prevention of child sexual abuse and assitance to victims.
Oak Foundation - Funding to utilizing our network of partners, undertake a baseline assessment to identify status and scope of existing survivor groups and children and young person engagement forums in priority countries or regions.
Met Police- Restricted to the production of the free ASCEND resource for child victims and their families to support them upon being informed of an intimate/abusive image of them being discovered
Dragon S+- Funding to support the project entitled “DRAGON (Developing Resistance Against Grooming Online): Stories Strengthening Safeguards – Dragon-S+ (the “Project”), awarded by the United Nations Children’s Fund for the Fund to the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (the “Funder”) in partnership with Swansea University.
Indigo Coalition- The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, CSA Centre, and MCF have agreed a collaboration to develop and execute a public affairs and policy influencing strategy. As three relatively small UK based organisations working to prevent, tackle and respond to child sexual abuse, the Parties recognise that their individual capacities to pursue influencing strategies are limited. By working together in this collaboration, the Parties will bring together their respective expertise, speak with a louder collective voice and achieve greater impact from influencing activities.
BT - Funding of the pilot stage of a project designed to train professionals involved in dealing with children affected by CSE/abuse. The pilot was evaluated and agreed to have been highly successful. BT are looking to roll out the programme nationally and details are under discussion.
Google Tides - Funding to roll out the international Click Path to protection training starting in Vietnam and then to other priority countries.
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MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
18. Analysis of net assets between funds
Analysis of net assets between funds - current period
| Tangible fixed assets Current assets Creditors due within one year Total Analysis of net assets between funds - prior period Current assets Creditors due within one year Total |
Unrestricted funds 2024 £ 735 527,989 (24,105) 504,619 Unrestricted funds 2023 £ 491,405 (15,190) 476,215 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ - 288,741 - 288,741 Restricted funds 2023 £ 199,523 - 199,523 |
Total funds 2024 £ 735 816,730 (24,105) 793,360 Total funds 2023 £ 690,928 (15,190) 675,738 |
|---|---|---|---|
19. Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities
| Net income for the period (as per Statement of Financial Activities) Adjustments for: Depreciation charges Interest income Decrease in debtors Increase/(decrease) in creditors Net cash provided by operating activities |
2024 £ 117,622 245 (9,193) 6,494 8,915 124,083 |
2023 £ 11,796 375 (2,115) 1,119 (9,127) 2,048 |
|---|---|---|
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Document ID: 6859b6f2602938bbd4c3607cc29771d80a2d9ea08829d6f851cc63a0e3877f71
MARIE COLLINS FOUNDATION
(A company limited by guarantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
20. Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
| Cash in hand Total cash and cash equivalents |
2024 £ 807,681 807,681 |
2023 £ 675,385 |
|---|---|---|
| 675,385 |
21. Analysis of changes in net debt
| Cash at bank and in hand | At 1 April 2023 £ 675,385 675,385 |
Cash flows £ 132,296 132,296 |
At 31 March 2024 £ 807,681 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 807,681 |
The charity had no debt in the current or previous year.
22. Operating lease commitments
At 31 March 2024 the Company had commitments to make future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases as follows:
| Not later than 1 year Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years |
2024 £ 5,380 4,820 10,200 |
2023 £ 5,268 8,518 |
|---|---|---|
| 13,786 |
23. Related party transactions
The Marie Collins Foundation has not entered into any related party transaction during the year or in the previous year, nor are there any outstanding balances owing between related parties and the Marie Collins Foundation at 31 March 2024 (2023: £NIL).
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