SANTA MARTA GROUP

Registered charity 1194231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Santa Marta Group is a human rights charity, rooted in the Catholic Church, working with people of all faiths and none, which recognises the structural nature of modern slavery and human trafficking and works to end it. It seeks to mobilise the energies and commitment of law enforcement and civil society to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking.

Objects

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS, IN RELATION TO THOSE AFFECTED BY OR IN THE FIGHT TO SUPPRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING (AS SET OUT AND DEFINED IN THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME (ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 55/25 ON 15 NOVEMBER 2000) AND FURTHER SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN (DATED 12 DECEMBER 2000), THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS (DATED 16 MAY 2005) AND THE MODERN SLAVERY ACT (2015)) THROUGHOUT THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A. PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, RESEARCH AND AWARENESS RAISING; B. PROVIDING ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ASSOCIATED HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS AND LEGISLATION; C. PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE ABOLITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY; D. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; E. HELPING ELIMINATE THE CONDITIONS THAT GIVE RISE TO MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 the charity will close in March 2026 due to the ending of funding from the Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation, which had supported its operations. Despite this closure, the charity reported unrestricted reserves of £97,168 and a net current asset position of £260,010 at the year end.

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
• 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOST REVEREND VINCENT GERARD NICHOLSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ADRIAN RADFORD · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rt Rev Leonard William Kenney
• Sir Iain Livingstone

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

Operates in: Argentina · Germany · Ireland · Nigeria · Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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