BLACKFRIARS SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 210558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Empowering local people by adding expertise, encouragement and support to their efforts and achievements;creating opportunities for them to reach their educational, social and economic potentialUniting the contributions of local volunteers and community partners to achieve shared objectivesEncouraging funds in to deliver and support quality services for people of all ages

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE BY ALL PRACTICABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER CENTRE OF CENTRES IN SOUTHWARK OR ELSEWHERE AND THE FOSTERING OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON AND ELSEWHERE BUT PARTICULARLY SOUTHWARK.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · 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 operational deficit of £63,176 for the year, driven by rising costs and vacant office spaces, though it secured new tenancies and grant funding to improve its position. The trustees note that while cash forecasts show a potential low point of 24 days' cash in 2027, the going concern basis remains appropriate despite material uncertainties regarding future funding renewals and a potential merger with Newham College of Further Education.

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 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Social media 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00031105 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackfriars Settlement (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TAYLOR, Valerie Susan — director, appointed 05/09/2025on trustee list
• DALY, Veronica — director, appointed 10/12/2024on trustee list
• JANMOHAMED, Noor-Ud-Din — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
• HENRY, Eva — director, appointed 10/05/2022on trustee list
• HENRIQUES MARTINS, Filipe — director, appointed 17/09/2020not on trustee list
• BRAIN, Rachel Catherine — director, appointed 01/10/2019on trustee list
• MONTOYA BLANCO, Beatriz — director, appointed 01/05/2018not on trustee list
• COLLINS, Graham Keith — director, appointed 19/09/2015not on trustee list
• MEADE, Carol — secretary, appointed 21/04/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beatriz Montoya Blanco · trustee of 2 other charities
• Eva HENRY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Filipe Henriques Martins
• Graham Keith Collins BSc MSc · trustee of 2 other charities
• Noor-ud-din JANMOHAMED · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rachel Catherine BRAIN
• Valerie Susan Taylor · trustee of 2 other charities
• Veronica Daly · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.1m
• BLACK HEART FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.3m
• BRIGHTER FUTURE INITIATIVE income £30k
• BLACK COUNTRY URBAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION income £20k
• MULBERRY COMMUNITY PROJECTS (BLACKPOOL) income £274k
• THE BLACKBURN DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE LIMITED income £18.4m

Side by side with its peers

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