ROSLYN FLORENCE HARDING

Registered charity 1087005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROS HARDING TRUST

The purpose of the charity is primarily to assist with the care of the elderly and the relief of distress or hardship caused by poverty amongst the elderly; it is also to propagate the Christian gospel amongst young people. The Trust's activities are focused on the districts of Purley Coulsdon and Godstone,Surrey.

Objects

UPON TRUST TO PAY THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OF THE INCOME THEREOF AS MY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO THE PURLEY BAPTIST CHURCH OF BANSTEAD ROAD PURLEY SURREY THE OLD LODGE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH OF OLD LODGE LANE PURLEY SURREY AND THE GODSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH OF GODSTONE SURREY AND ANY OTHER BAPTIST CHURCH OR MISSION OR ANY OTHER CHARITY CONCERNED WITH THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY OR THE YOUNG WHICH MY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT WITH A REQUEST THAT SUCH MONIES SHALL BE EXPENDED PRIMARILY IN AND FOR THE CARE BENEFIT AND GENERAL WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE BUT IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICTS OF PURLEY COULSDON AND GODSTONE

Area of benefit: PURLEY,GODSTONE,SURREY

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £56,507, primarily from investment income, and made grants totaling £59,052. This resulted in a net decrease in unrestricted reserves, which fell from £16,321 to £13,618 by the end of the year. The trustees report that all receipts and payments were unrestricted in nature.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Cross
• David John Colpus
• JOHN STEWART COOPER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pamela Murtagh
• Susan Rachel Roberts

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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