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Registered charity · London

The Scar Free Foundation

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £493k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.scarfree.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Scar Free Foundation
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£493k£1.1m
  • 2024£869k£1.1m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.1m£1.9m
  • 2021£2.0m£1.8m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 33%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY:- (1) CARRYING OUT AND FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TREATMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, OR EMOTIONAL DISADVANTAGE 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; AND (2) DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO HELP TRAIN HEALTH WORKERS IN APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; AND (3) INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH TREATMENTS

Grants received

7 grants · £3,545,925 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Professional services 5Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£493k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1078666
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/08/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/12/1999AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/11/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 JUL 2016 as amended on 10 May 2018
Companies House
Company number 03831398 · Active
Contact on the register
02039585800 · INFO@scarfree.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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