ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CHARITY

Registered charity 208732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FENNER AND MARTIN BIBLE CHARITY, UNITED CHARITIES

The Charity provides the following within the area of benefit: pastoral care, social opportunities, personal care services, and small 'pensions' for older people; grants to persons who are in hardship, need (including medical need) or distress where assistance is not available from other sources.

Objects

1)THE PROVISION AND MAINTENENCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS 2)FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMSPEOPLE 3)PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO POOR PERSONS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS 4)TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £309,700 for the year, resulting from total expenditure of £380,420 against total income of £70,720. The trustees attribute this deficit to a strategic decision to reduce high free reserves, noting that unrestricted reserves remain significantly above the policy target of one year's expenditure. The charity holds substantial permanent endowments and unrestricted funds, indicating strong asset backing despite the current year's operational loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rebekah Bostanchair
• Clive Greenwood
• Fr Benjamin Bell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julie Fox
• Katherine de Kretser
• LORRAINE ZULETA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lilian Latinwo-Olajide
• Lorraine Thomas
• Patrick Crockford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Harris

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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