The Merlin Magic Wand Children's Charity

Registered charity 1124081 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2021

2022

2023

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incomespending£2.4m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.6 in 2020

13 from 8 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.merlinsmagicwand.org
Phone	01202406840
Address	Arbor Building, 16th Floor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London

Finances

£2,442,343 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£681,768	£522,848
2021	£796,409	£735,089
2022	£1,301,203	£1,403,902
2023	£1,704,771	£1,607,054
2024	£2,442,343	£2,493,566

What it does

What

DisabilityRecreation

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE TRUST FUND IN MAKING GRANTS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SUCH ELUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES WITHIN OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUST BENEFICIARIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT AND OTHERWISE TO PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SUPPORT OR RESOURCES TO THE TRUST BENEFICIARIES AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.

Governing document: TRUST DEED MADE 25 FEBRUARY 2008

Trustees (1)

Merlin's Magic Wand Trustees LTD since 2008

Linked company (Companies House)

Merlin's Magic Wand Trustees Limited · 06511344 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 21/02/2008

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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