ST LAURENCE RELIEF IN NEED TRUST

Registered charity 205043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAURENCE CHARITIES FOR THE POOR

The net yearly income is applied in relieving persons resident in the area of the Ancient Parish of St. Laurence, Reading, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. If the said yearly income is not required for application as above the Trustees may apply the same in like manner in relieving persons resident in the County Borough of Reading, who are in the same circumstances.

Objects

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Area of benefit: ANCIENT PARISH OF ST LAURENCE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £80,522 to £65,758 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees maintain unrestricted cash reserves at a level equivalent to one year's expenditure to ensure sufficient cash is available for future distributions. The charity received the majority of its income from a related party, Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Richard Joneschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lee Richard Smith · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicholas Charles Burrows · trustee of 4 other charities
• PATRICIA THOMAS · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROSEMARY PHYLLIS WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Elizabeth Pearse · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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