SCALABRINI FATHERS COMPANY

Registered charity 1141084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SCALABRINI FATHERS

The objects of the charity are for such charitable purposes which advance religious and other charitable work for the time being carried on by or under the direction of the society as trustees with approval of the Superior shall from time to tome think fit.

Objects

TO APPLY FUNDS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OR THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE SOCIETY SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR SHALL CEASE TO CARRY ON OR DIRECT ANY CHARITABLE WORK THEN FOR SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £12,575,675, which significantly exceed its stated policy of maintaining funds for unforeseen cashflow shortfalls and asset maintenance. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by an independent audit opinion.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sterling Grove Accountants Limited. 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
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• FATHER FRANCESCO BUTTAZZO · trustee of 1 other charity
• Father Guiseppe Bortolazzo · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Elio Alberti
• Rev Gerald Melotti Junior
• Rev Giandomenico Ziliotto
• Rev Tam Nguyen Van

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

Operates in: Bedford · City Of Westminster · Lambeth · Luton · Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire · Slough

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE.

• THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE income £21.1m
• BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
• CONGREGATION OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY income £34.2m
• ALYMOS LTD income £401k
• ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS income £1.3m
• CHAI INSTITUTE income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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