THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS

Registered charity 1078201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS SOCIAL CARE UNIT, ST MARTINS IN THE FIELD SOCIAL CARE UNIT, THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN'S

The Connection at St Martin's works with people who are rough sleeping to move away from, and stay off, the streets of London. We're alongside people as they recover from life on the streets and move towards a meaningful, fulfilling future away from homelessness and into shelter.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS AND FOR FURTHERING ANY SIMILAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR SUPPORTING ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income rising to £6.4m and net assets increasing to £3.3m. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a structured reserves policy with designated funds for financial risks and strategic opportunities, and the going concern assessment confirms no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03852519
• Trading subsidiary: SHOW YOUR CONNECTION LTD Companies House 12510611

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Pam Orchard — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Rupert Bateson — Director of Services (source)
• Elizabeth Charles — Director of Fundraising & Communications (source)
• Iain Chance — Director of Finance and Resources, Corporate Services (source)
• Peter Warren — Interim Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OROSTEGUI VISCONTI, Leonardo Enrico — director, appointed 29/07/2026not on trustee list
• CLARIDGE, Hazel — director, appointed 30/11/2025on trustee list
• PAYTON, Anna Charlotte — director, appointed 11/07/2023on trustee list
• BLANEY, Olivia Catherine — director, appointed 11/07/2023on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Jakes David — director, appointed 11/07/2023on trustee list
• ADAMS, Melvene — director, appointed 18/04/2023on trustee list
• LECLERCQ, Luc Hector Therese — director, appointed 13/12/2021on trustee list
• KRISHNA, Kunal — director, appointed 13/12/2021on trustee list
• WALSH, Maeve, Dr — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
• CHERRY, Catherine Michelle — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
• KYNE, Jill — director, appointed 04/12/2018on trustee list
• RAWSON, Simon David Myles — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
• WARREN, Peter John Curtis — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
• WELLS, Samuel Martin, Revd Dr — director, appointed 02/07/2012on trustee list
• ORCHARD, Pam — secretary, appointed 18/04/2017

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter John Curtis Warrenchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anna Charlotte Payton
• Catherine Cherry
• Hazel Claridge
• Jakes David Ferguson
• Jill Kyne
• Kunal Krishna
• Leonardo Enrico Orostegui Visconti
• Luc Leclercq
• Maeve Walsh
• Melvene Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Blaney
• Rev SAMUEL MARTIN WELLS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Simon David Myles Rawson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF THE CONNECTION AT ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS.

• THE FRIENDS OF THE CONNECTION AT ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS income £144k
• ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS CHARITY income £5.2m
• Connection Support income £10.1m
• ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £80k
• ST MARTIN'S SOCIAL CARE PROJECT LIMITED income £58k
• HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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