Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

THE MARY DOLLY FOUNDATION 

Provide suppport, counselling and therapeutic activites to children, the elderly,families and other persons
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 18 years

www.marydollyfoundation.org.uk

info@marydollyfoundation.org.uk

02083150595

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£270£273£-3n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/21£399£281£118n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/20*£152£92£60n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£77£96£-19n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/12/18£104£86£18£0£0£0n/a06
31/12/17£69£73£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£64£47£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£79£96£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£178£164£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£82£82£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£127£153£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£239£289£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£308£239£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£226£218£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£127£128£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£132£131£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Walcot Foundation£77,520
National Lottery Community Fund£74,520
Henry Smith Charity£14,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
Co-Operative Group£8,312
Cheshire Community Foundation£4,860
London Catalyst£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£3,000 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mary Dolly Foundation
£3,854 22/10/2022
We will be providing emotional wellbeing support to children, young people and adults who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recover. Rebuild. Restart.
£74,520 15/07/2022
This funding will be used to provide therapeutic counselling to children (5-15) young people (16-25) and adults (26+) who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse through the Recover. ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Recover. Rebuild. Restart.
£4,860 21/10/2021
The Foundation will provide remote counselling services to 15 children, young people and adults who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual abuse. They will be offered a course of 6 sessions ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Mary Dolly Foundation
£14,000 09/06/2021
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towards two years' running costs of a project providing remote therapeutic interventions for children, young people and adults who have experienced emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse across Kent.
Walcot Foundation - Recover. Rebuild. Restart
£74,520 25/05/2021
Providing 1:1 counselling service to pupil premium pupils in Van Gogh Primary, Park Campus Academy, Elm Court and Kennington Park Academy.  3 of the 4 schools are specialist schools, taking children ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mary Dolly Foundation
£4,457 24/10/2020
We will be working with children, young people and adults, including the elderly, to improve wellbeing and reduce social isolation.
London Catalyst - The Mary Dolly Foundation - 1
£3,000 08/09/2020
Recover. Rebuild. Restart.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 07/10/2019
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,945 03/12/2018
We expect to see these outcomes for women and girls; of increased self-esteem, belief in their own ability, skills and experience, positive thinking, and authentic boosted confidence levels. These ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Mary Dolly Foundation
£11,145 19/11/2018
We want to get speakers/entertainers to attend our lunch clubs and provide a freshly cooked meal for each person.
Walcot Foundation - Reach for Recovery
£74,520 17/07/2018
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Reach for Recovery
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Mary Dolly Foundation
£30,000 29/06/2011
community intervention, group work, clinical practice supervision, administration for work with the gypsy and traveller community
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2006, number: 1114525
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/08/2005, number: 05544581
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR08: 319 days late,
Main office

84 COLLEGE ROAD
BROMLEY
BR1 3PE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, COUNSELLING AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES TO SUCH CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND PERSONS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND FROM ANY COUNTRY, INCLUDING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES OF ANY TYPE AND THROUGH THE PROVISION AND SPONSORSHIP OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THERAPEUTIC AND COUNSELLING SKILLS AND THE PROVISION OF SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT FOR QUALIFIED AND UNQUALIFIED THERAPISTS AND COUNSELLORS WORKING IN THE FIELDS DEFINED ABOVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROMOTING THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OF SUCH PERSONS BY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND OTHER DISADVANTAGEOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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