PRESS RED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 16 October 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 March 2025 – 30 June 2026
Latest income: £19,738
Latest expenditure: £28,507
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: THE MESSAGE TRUST, LANCASTER HOUSE, HARPER ROAD, SHARSTON INDUSTRIAL AREA, MANCHESTER, M22 4RG

Website recorded by the regulator: www.pressred.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Educating the public and churches about worldwide violence against women, and empowering and enabling them to make a difference.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 3 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £19,738
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,507

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 21 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £36,488

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 17 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £44,396
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,738

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £61,415
Total Gross Expenditure: £82,847

Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 18 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 18 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £60,053
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,497

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2027
Ar Received Date: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £19,738
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,507
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2025
Ar Received Date: 21 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £28,821
Total Gross Expenditure: £36,488
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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: 6

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Due Date: 29 December 2024
Ar Received Date: 17 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £44,396
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,738
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2023
Ar Received Date: 30 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £61,415
Total Gross Expenditure: £82,847
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 December 2022
Ar Received Date: 18 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £60,053
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,497
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
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: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PRESS RED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2018-10-16T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Oct 2018 as amended on 09 Sep 2019
Charitable Objects: (1) The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit and specifically restricted to the following:-(a) To advance the education of the public, in particular but not exclusively by raising public awareness of sexual abuse, spiritual abuse both physically and mentally, female genital mutilation, modern day slavery and any other form of abuse against the female gender. In doing so we also aim to both assist the Christian church locally and further afield through appropriate education and support to become a beacon of hope and sanctuary, and to provide such education in such other matters at other institutions, secular and Christian.(b) For such other exclusively charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion may determine from time to time.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management