CHESTER DIOCESAN MORAL AID CHARITY

Registered charity 213298 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER DIOCESAN HOUSE OF MERCY (ALSON KNOWN AS ST BRIDGET'S MOTHER AND BABY HOME), ST BRIDGET'S TRUST

Makes grants to charities based in the Diocese of Chester to assist females and children.

Objects

ASSISTING, OR IN SUPPORTING AND CARRYING OUT WELFARE WORK AMONG FEMALES WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE OR REHABILITATION, PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF CRIME, DEPRIVATION, MALTREATMENT OR NEGLECT, OR WHO ARE IN DANGER OF SUCCUMBING TO MORAL CORRUPTION AND, WHERE NECESSARY RELIEVING THE NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF THE CHILDREN OF SUCH FEMALES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds increased from £831,788 to £872,711, driven by a net income of £40,923 which included £43,187 in net gains on investments. The charity holds £862,235 in fixed asset investments and £10,476 in cash, with no current liabilities reported.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Rosemarie Price
• Kate Kome Pwaisiho
• Rev Kathryn Emma Handley · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev Peter Froggatt
• THE RT REVD DR MARK SIMON AUSTIN TANNER · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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