CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT AND CHILDREN'S FUND

Registered charity 214244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUNDS

The provision of monetary assistance to members of the Catenian Association and their dependants including dependants of deceased members of the Catenian Association who are in need.

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Latest income

£488k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates on a voluntary basis with no paid staff or fundraising costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£914k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£22k

Reserves (reported)

£8.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~78.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Cawdery · trustee of 2 other charities
Denis Murphy
Dr David Brinkley
Jean Harkin · trustee of 1 other charity
John Colligan
John Hogan
KEVIN MICHAEL RAFFERTY
PETER JAMES PATRICK DEVINE
RICHARD MARK SUTTON ALLANSON

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

Operates in: Australia · Malta · Scotland · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£488k	£1.3m
31/03/2025	£914k	£1.3m
31/03/2024	£460k	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£895k	£764k
31/03/2022	£700k	£887k

Common questions

Is CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT AND CHILDREN'S FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operates on a voluntary basis with no paid staff or fundraising costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by none.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£860k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BURSARY FUND LIMITED.

CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BURSARY FUND LIMITED income £136k
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
THE CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS BENEVOLENT FUND income £658k
MEMON ASSOCIATION UK income £115k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION income £4.8m
THE COASTGUARD ASSOCIATION CHARITY income £507k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT AND CHILDREN'S FUND	£488k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CATENIAN ASSOCIATION BURSARY FUND LIMITED FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION FY2024	£1.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024	£658k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEMON ASSOCIATION UK FY2024	£115k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2024	£4.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.