THE FRIENDS OF SOLESMES

Registered charity 1108019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the Roman Catholic Faith including the promotion of the Benedictine Order.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEDICTINE ORDER

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £6,737 for the period, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £23,776 to £17,039. The trustees state that the charity operates in a very low-risk environment and remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Funding is obtained exclusively from private donations, with the majority coming from a single source.

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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amaury de la Rochefoucuald
• SIMON PATRICK WEIL · trustee of 13 other charities
• Stanislas de la Rochefoucauld
• XAVIER JACQUES JEAN-PAUL DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: France · Guinea

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• SIMON PATRICK WEIL — trustee here and at THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA
• XAVIER JACQUES JEAN-PAUL DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — trustee here and at THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA

Known funders

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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 FRIENDS OF BETH ABRAHAM (SLONIM) LIMITED.

• FRIENDS OF BETH ABRAHAM (SLONIM) LIMITED income £83k
• THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH SHOREHAM-BY-SEA income £38k
• FRIENDS OF ST CLEMENTS income £31k
• SOLACE COMMUNITY income £26k
• FRIENDS OF GODSTOWE income £25k
• FAITHLIFT MINISTRIES income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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