ST MARY'S CENTRE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1122054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Mary's Youthwork, SMC Youthwork

Promoting among young people the prevention of crime and the saving of lives by educating and raising awareness concerning issues of serious violence, the negative effects of carrying or using a weapon and the positive effects of surrendering weapons, supporting them to contribute positively within their community and addressing the effects of vulnerability and social exclusion.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: A) TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE SAVING OF LIVES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING ISSUES OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE, THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CARRYING OR USING A WEAPON AND THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SURRENDERING WEAPONS. B) TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF ENGAGEMENT, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.C) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT, OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RELIEVING OF THE EFFECTS OF VULNERABILITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £134,350, resulting in total reserves decreasing to £422,478. The trustees confirm that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments, with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. Unrestricted reserves stood at £342,249, of which £226,347 was available as general funds.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Mary's Centre Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Nii-Ojartee Hutton-Mills
• Catherine Pace O'Shea
• Dr Armine Ishkanian
• JASBIR SONDHI
• JONOTHAN BRANDLING-HARRIS
• LINDSAY GREGORY
• MINH TRI HUYNH
• Nicholas Anil Nicholson
• Rev Philip Simon James Ritchie
• SAM MORROW

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. MARGARET'S COMMUNITY TRUST.

• ST. MARGARET'S COMMUNITY TRUST income £243k
• MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k
• MALACHI COMMUNITY TRUST income £41k
• THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST income £45k
• THE COMMUNITY STOREHOUSE income £77k
• ROMNEY MARSH COMMUNITY CHURCH income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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