MATTHEWS FRIENDS

Charity number: 1108016
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To publicise the ketogenic diet and make it a first line treatment for childhood epilepsy instead of a last resort. To give parents and informed choice and an alternative to medication To support parents/carers and children once on the diet. To provide finding to help with education and training in the administration of the ketogenic diet to make it more available

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £97,385
Total expenditure: £214,248

People

3 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 February 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JULIE FRANCES FOUNTAIN Chair
None on record
VALERIE MARY ALDRIDGE Trustee
None on record
RICHARD ALDRIDGE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £674.63k £111.80k £476.64k £133.92k £97.39k
Total expenditure £136.87k £141.09k £488.86k £169.90k £214.25k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £3.65k £71 N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £562.93k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £10.79k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £100.48k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £429 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £460.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £100.52k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £6.98k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £1.78k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £34.30k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £29.38k N/A N/A N/A 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
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 23 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 31 January 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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 24/10/2004 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 25/11/2004 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 20/04/2011 as amended on 07 Mar 2023 as amended on 31 May 2023

Charitable objects

The relief of people with known complex and intractable epilepsy and the specific neurometabolic disorder GLUT1 deficiency syndrome by providing a) Information and advice on the Ketogenic Diet (an alternative treatment to medication), and support for patients/parents/carers once on the diet, and b) Any charitable means which the trustees decide including: a) To publicise Ketogenic Dietary Therapies and make them more available to all those who should need it, be it child or adult. b) Together with our medical board, give parents and patients an informed choice about the Ketogenic Diet and to source and provide the latest information available. c) To support families and patients through their dietary therapy. d) To support professionals in their administration of dietary therapies by way of literature, ketogenic starter packs and files, educational conferences and training meetings and provide funding, where possible. e) To support Research projects into the efficacy of these dietary treatments for use in Epilepsy and other conditions, working with medical professionals to ensure our information is safe, relevant and current.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
c/o Young Epilepsy
St Piers Lane
Lingfield
Surrey
RH7 6PW
Phone:
01342 836571
Email:
enq@matthewsfriends.org
Website:

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