SWISS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 1111348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Swiss Benevolent Society offers help, advice and support to Swiss nationals living in GreatBritain. Its Office is based in Central London

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE THE ASSISTANCE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION AS TO CREED, OF SWISS CITIZENS IN NEED OF HELP WHO ARE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY RESIDENT IN THE CONSULAR DISTRICT OF THE SWISS EMBASSY IN LONDON OR, IN SPECIAL CASES, SWISS CITIZENS IN NEED OF HELP WHO ARE TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY RESIDENT ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: THE CONSULAR DISTRICT OF THE SWISS EMBASSY IN LONDON OR IN SPECIAL CASES UNITED KINGDOM.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a positive net movement in funds of £79,128 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven primarily by a £105,059 increase in the market value of investments. Total unrestricted funds stood at £1,299,221, with £900,000 held in designated funds to guarantee sustainable development. The filing confirms that no matters came to the examiner's attention that would cause concern regarding the preparation of the accounts or the keeping of accounting records.

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 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.

• 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
• 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Suzanne Egloffchair
• Davide Petrini
• Federico Sassoli de Bianchi
• Marc Peter

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH CHARITY FUND - BERNE.

• BRITISH CHARITY FUND - BERNE income £39k
• THE SWEDISH BENEVOLENT TRUST income £252k
• ROYAL BELGIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN LONDON income £10k
• Swineshead Benevolent Foundation income £50k
• THE SWISS CHURCH IN LONDON income £210k
• SWESA UK income £25k

Side by side with its peers

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