THE SCAR FREE FOUNDATION
Charity number: 1078666
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Carry out and fund research into the improvement of treatments for the benefit of people who suffer from physical, psychological, social or emotional disadvantages as a result of physical disfigurement or functional impairment present at birth or acquired through accident, disease or illness and into the prevention of accidents which may cause such conditions.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
Total income: £493,298
Total expenditure: £1,052,511
People
7 Trustee(s)
20 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £60k to £70k | 1 |
| £80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 17 December 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- THE HEALING FOUNDATION (Previous name)
- THE HEALING TRUST (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
7 Trustee(s)
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| Professor Sir Bruce Edward Keogh | Chair | 16 July 2014 |
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| Bridget Edminson | Trustee | 01 November 2025 |
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| Liaquat Verjee | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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| Hemani Modasia-Shah | Trustee | 20 January 2022 |
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| Alison Clarke | Trustee | 14 February 2018 |
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| Professor Peter Weissberg | Trustee | 13 April 2017 |
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| TIMOTHY JAMES STREATFEILD | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.99m | £1.09m | £1.25m | £868.95k | £493.30k | |
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Total expenditure | £1.78m | £1.87m | £1.61m | £1.11m | £1.05m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £1.06m | N/A | £504.40k | £290.46k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.92m | £1.04m | £1.20m | £764.80k | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £53.26k | £49.21k | £55.77k | £104.16k | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £14.51k | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £5.00k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £1.49m | £1.51m | £1.28m | £741.27k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £293.40k | £351.69k | £327.61k | £373.36k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £18.30k | £14.88k | £240.78k | £157.26k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £1.13m | £1.04m | £584.02k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2025 | 21 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | 21 October 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 29 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 29 September 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 01 November 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 01 November 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 22 August 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 22 August 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 28 July 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 28 July 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |