PLYMOUTH SECULAR CLERGY FUND

Registered charity 213232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity supports priests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth by:* the payment of grants to Diocesan Priests in need;* the payment of Allowances to Diocesan Priests, (including former Members), who have resigned from ecclesiastical office;* the provision of assistance, of whatever kind, to relieve Diocesan Priests who are sick, infirm or elderly.

Objects

RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO ANY OF THE SECULAR CLERGY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PLYMOUTH WHO ARE INCAPACITATED BY AGE SICKNESS OR INFIRMITY.

Area of benefit: NOT LIMITED.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has unrestricted reserves of £11.7m and available cash balances of £183,045.76, which are sufficient to meet current liabilities. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern, supported by an actuarial review that concluded a funding surplus of £9.526m against future commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

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

• Canon Peter Morgan
• Fr Albert Lawes
• Rev Brian Kenwrick
• Rev James Barber
• Rev Jonathan Stewart
• Rev Mark O'Keeffe

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Plymouth City · Poole · Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTHAMPTON DIOCESAN PRIEST'S FUND.

• THE NORTHAMPTON DIOCESAN PRIEST'S FUND income £154k
• PLYMOUTH DIOCESAN TRUST income £7.6m
• SECULAR CLERGY COMMON FUND income £1.7m
• THE CHARITY FOR LICENSED MINISTERS IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD income £40k
• THE CLERGY REST FUND income £27k
• EAST ANGLIA DIOCESE DEPENDENT PRIESTS' FUND income £72k

Side by side with its peers

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