THE MINES ADVISORY GROUP

Charity number: 1083008
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our vision is a safe & secure future for men,women & children affected by armed violence & conflict.MAG assists people through mine action & Arms Management & Destruction.We seek to address the human impact of landmines,cluster munitions & ERW & we work to reduce the risk & impact of unplanned explosions at munitions sites & the risk of weapons & munitions being diverted to the illicit arms trade.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income:
£99,273,000

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Donations and legacies £877.00k
Charitable activities £98.14m
Other trading activities £12.00k
Investments £7.00k
Other £241.00k

Total expenditure:
£99,504,000

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Raising funds £606.00k
Charitable activities £98.90m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Raising funds and other expenditure £606.00k
Charitable expenditure £98.90m

People

5809 Employee(s)

11 Trustee(s)

3 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 48
£70k to £80k 38
£80k to £90k 20
£90k to £100k 10
£100k to £110k 7
£120k to £130k 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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Angola
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Cambodia
  • Chad
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Iraq
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mexico
  • Nigeria
  • Peru
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Vietnam
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 October 2000: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MAG (Working name)
  • MINES ADVISORY GROUP (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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 policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media 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

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Julia Palca Chair 22 October 2021
None on record
Dr Mark Alexander Grant Trustee 19 July 2024
None on record
Patrick Costello Trustee 19 July 2024
None on record
Angela Mulholland-Wells Trustee 20 October 2023
None on record
Harbinder Kaur Trustee 22 October 2021
None on record
Peter Jones CMG Trustee 22 October 2021
BRITISH-ITALIAN SOCIETY
Received: On time
Renata Dwan Trustee 22 October 2021
None on record
Nesta Kuziwa Mauwa Hatendi Trustee 22 October 2021
None on record
Frances Helen Milner Trustee 11 November 2019
None on record
Khaleel Desai Trustee 11 November 2019
None on record
John Kumar Malik Trustee 12 November 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £119.87m £76.26m £87.40m £91.92m £99.27m
Total expenditure £120.29m £75.42m £86.18m £92.40m £99.50m
Income from government contracts £17.91m £6.93m £4.44m £4.01m N/A
Income from government grants £111.00k £4.00k N/A N/A £0
Income - Donations and legacies £1.33m £836.00k £1.15m £1.19m £877.00k
Income - Other trading activities £42.00k £39.00k £4.00k £11.00k £12.00k
Income - Charitable activities £118.25m £74.77m £85.81m £90.15m £98.14m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £68.00k £6.00k £6.00k £6.00k £7.00k
Income - Other £186.00k £605.00k £430.00k £566.00k £241.00k
Income - Legacies £191.00k £182.00k £257.00k £266.00k £57.00k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £119.69m £75.05m £85.74m £91.81m £98.90m
Expenditure - Raising funds £603.00k £368.00k £444.00k £594.00k £606.00k
Expenditure - Governance £138.00k £115.00k £104.18k £128.00k £191.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Own use assets £49.00k £0 £343.00k £308.00k £256.00k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £26.72m £35.67m £33.24m £29.35m £36.88m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £21.96m £30.02m £26.72m £23.28m £30.99m

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
Annual return 31 December 2024 27 June 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Accounts not yet received
Annual return 31 December 2023 21 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 21 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 10 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 29 September 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 22 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 15 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 20 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 23 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16/06/00, AMENDED BY RESOLUTION ON 04/09/00, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION ON 20/05/2010, AND BY RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/05/10. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/05/2015 as amended on 03 Nov 2020 as amended on 12 Oct 2021 as amended on 07 Mar 2025

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE CONFLICT RESULTS IN HUMAN FATALITY OR INJURY, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE DEBRIS OF WAR, SUCH AS LAND MINES, UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE, STOCKPILES OF WEAPONS AND ORDNANCE, AND OTHER RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION; AND TO DELIVER SUCH RELIEF BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): (A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE IN CLEARANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION; (B) UNDERTAKING ANY PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT IMPROVE HUMAN SECURITY INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) SAFELY MANAGING, STORING, DESTROYING OR REDUCING THE AVAILABILITY OF STOCKPILES OF AMMUNITION, ARMS AND WEAPONS; (C) THE PROVISION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE RISK EDUCATION TO COMMUNITIES AT RISK; (D) ADVOCATING AND CAMPAIGNING IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE, ARMS AND WEAPONS ON COMMUNITIES; (E) PROVIDING NECESSARY MEDICAL SUPPORT; AND 2) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND TO DISSEMINATE ANY USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Contact information

Address:
Suite A
Department XYZ
2 Hardman Boulevard
Spinningfields
Manchester
Phone:
01612364311
Email:
jules.mason@maginternational.org
Website:

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