LAY COMMUNITY OF ST BENEDICT

Registered charity 1100638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable PurposesEducation/TrainingReligious activities

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PROMOTION OF BENEDICTINE SPIRITUALITY AND ITS VALUE OF PRAYER, SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY IN STABLE COMMUNITY;3.2 THE RELIEF OF THE INFIRM, AGED OR POOR;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND3.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE IN ENGLISH LAW WHETHER OR NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ran a deficit of £21,540 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £90,692 to £69,152. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are at an appropriate level to maintain continuity and are in line with their reserves policy. The charity remains in a position to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Mace-Leska
• Anne Heslop
• Charles Michael Harry Wookey
• David O'Leary
• Hugh Comerford
• Kenneth Adam Simon
• Mary Elizabeth Stocker
• Patrick Kevin Cleary
• Phillip Henry Gray

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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