MARIA RELIEF FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 17 February 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2025 – 5 April 2026
Latest income: £10,344
Latest expenditure: £29,630
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 26 SEAFORTH GARDENS, LONDON, N21 3BS

Website recorded by the regulator: mariarelieffund.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We have been helping distressed children in Ukraine since 2007 and have developed personal connections between the beneficiaries and supporters of our charity, with particular emphasis on education.We have visited Ukraine and have organised a network of volunteers there.We have helped the British Red Cross. We have also been helping Baobab Centre Charity since 2015

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £10,344
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,630

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £22,703
Total Gross Expenditure: £101

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,370

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £32,858
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,362

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 17 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £23,738
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,425

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2026
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2027
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £10,344
Total Gross Expenditure: £29,630
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £22,703
Total Gross Expenditure: £101
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £15,346
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,370
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £32,858
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,362
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 17 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £23,738
Total Gross Expenditure: £25,425
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 11

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ukraine
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MARIA RELIEF FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-02-17T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 16 JULY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST DEEDS DATED 22 DECEMBER 2005 AND 30 OCTOBER 2006.
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF NEED OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE FOREGOING) PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS RESULTING FROM OPPRESSION , PERSECUTION, NATURAL DISASTER OR ANY OTHER CAUSE, PRIMARILY IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OTHER CHARITABLE AID, BUT WITHOUT ETHNIC, NATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE FOREGOING) THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OTHER CHARITABLE AID, BUT WITHOUT ETHNIC, NATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION, SO AS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS A MEANS BY WHICH THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: WORLDWIDE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 322047
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MARYAM AID

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures