ST. VINCENT'S FAMILY PROJECT

Registered charity 1142095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Project provides support for vulnerable families of children from 0-5 and creative arts and drama therapy for primary school children experiencing emotional difficulties.

Objects

IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ÔÇ£OBJECTSÔÇØ) ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF ALL AND ANY FAMILIES EXPERIENCING NEED IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND ELSEWHERE PRINCIPALLY BY:A) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS/CARERS AND THE CHILDREN UNDER THEIR CARE (THE "BENEFICIARIES");B) THE PROVISION OF PREVENTATIVE SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT FOR THE BENEFICIARIES;C) THE PROMOTION OF THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE BENEFICIARIES;D) THE PROMOTION OF BETTER CARE FOR FAMILIES IN NEED AND THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE BENEFICIARIES; ANDE) THE PROVISION OF OTHER CHARITABLE SERVICES WHICH ASSIST DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total negative unrestricted funds of £4,643, having previously held a deficit of £43,822. The trustees report that the charity stabilized financially after a temporary closure in July 2024, supported by predicted funds and an emergency grant, and expect to pay off its loan and build reserves over the next two years.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 Vincent's Family Project (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Daughters of Charity of Vincent De Paul — “Our Supporters: Thank you to all the following supporters, SVFP is extremely grateful for your contributions. You have helped us, to help ot…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Wormellchair
• Deacon Alison McMillan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Elizabeth Olga Gregory
• Ifeoma Okafor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sister Elizabeth Ferrie
• Sr Ruth O'Neill

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Deacon Alison McMillan — trustee here and at WESTMINSTER METHODIST CIRCUIT

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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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 ST. MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP.

• ST. MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP income £2.6m
• VICTORY FAMILY CENTRE LONDON income £201k
• ST MICHAEL'S FAMILY CENTRE income £597k
• VICTORIA CENTRE income £269k
• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• THE VINCENT SOCIETY income £732k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.