THE FLORENCE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1135188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FLORENCE TRUST

THE AIM OF THE TRUST IS TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND THE CRAFTS, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION AND FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AT ST. SAVIOURS CHURCH, HIGHBURY, LONDON, N5 2AR

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION IN ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE BY THE PROVISION OF TUITION AND FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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 unrestricted reserves increased from a deficit of £1,951 to a surplus of £1,314, supported by net income of £3,265 from charitable activities. The trustees confirm the charity is in a solid financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Mark Caizley Howickchair
• Georgia Stephenson
• PAUL BAYLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Lewandowski

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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