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DirectoryAssociations & Interest GroupsNGOs & NPOsLausanneFondation Mère Sofia
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Summary

About the company

The core activity of the Fondation Mère Sofia is to provide support and assistance to people in need, particularly the homeless and the underprivileged. The organization offers various services, such as a soup kitchen (La Soupe Populaire), a social service (L'Échelle), and a job placement service (Macadam), to help those in need improve their living situation. The foundation also works towards the reintegration of people into society and organizes various activities and events to raise funds and raise public awareness about the problems faced by the underprivileged.

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Products & services

Industry:NGOs & NPOs
✓ Offered5
Soup kitchen
Daily hot meals, no registration, no conditions and no financial contribution; unconditional welcome all year round, at noon and in the evening depending on the day.
Local social service L’Échelle
Drop-in social support without appointments, active listening, social support, information on rights, referral to specialised services and distribution of essential parcels.
Macadam services
Clear-outs, moving services, gardening, painting, DIY work, installation of lighting fixtures, repair of furniture and laying of parquet floors, carried out by people on the margins of the labour market.
Low-threshold social assistance
Support without discrimination for people in precarious situations, with welcome, guidance, administrative help and links to other organisations in the network.
Volunteering
Volunteer commitment to ensure the daily operation of Soupe Populaire and L’Échelle, with regular needs for volunteers.
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Fondation Mère Sofia

Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of Fondation Mère Sofia: 4.5 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.5/ 5.0

Excellent

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Data basis 100% · As of October 2026

Fondation Mère Sofia scores 84.0 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
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CriterionValueWeight
  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.82.024%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.100.010%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.70.08%
Fondation Mère Sofia scores 88.6 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.70.07%
Fondation Mère Sofia scores 86.7 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).86.722%
Fondation Mère Sofia scores 79.1 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.91.44%
  • Media authority: Quality and number of editorial mentions, weighted by the importance of the source, plus the recency of the latest high-quality mention.66.74%
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Fondation Mère Sofia reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.5 out of 5.0 — rated «Excellent». The rating draws, among other things, on 4.7 out of 5 stars from 56 customer reviews. As of October 2026.

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Reviews

Aggregated rating

Aggregated rating
4.7
of 5

Aggregated from 56 reviews across all connected sources

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Press

Media

December 25, 2025Media
«Je viens à la Soupe parce que je n’ai pas le choix»
24heures.ch
December 15, 2025Media
La droite lausannoise veut faire le ménage devant la Soupe populaire
24heures.ch
January 5, 2024Media
La Soupe populaire étend son offre
lecourrier.ch
December 1, 2022Media
La Fondation Mère Sofia reprend la gestion du Répit à Lausanne
rts.ch
September 26, 2018Media
Entretien avec Yan Desarzens, directeur général de la Fondation Mère Sofia.
rts.ch

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Location

Chemin des Avelines 6
1004 Lausanne
Opening hours
Mon
09:00 - 16:00
Tue
09:00 - 16:00
Wed
09:00 - 16:00
Thu
09:00 - 16:00
Fri
Closed
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed

At a glance

Legal form
Foundation
UID
CHE-108.248.863
Founded
1992 · 34 years
Last commercial register change
August 17, 2026
Employees
11 to 20
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
97.0
6%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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