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.

Objects

THE MANAGING TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY AND, AT THEIR DISCRETION, THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF ITS CAPITAL IN:A) RELIEVING NEED AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, THE DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION AND THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, WHO ARE (IN EACH CASE) IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (THE "PRIMARY CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES"), BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, OR PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS (WHETHER BY PAYMENT FOR OR TOWARDS OR REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL OR PART OF THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, OR OTHERWISE);B) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSE SET OUT IN A), RELIEVING NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BY SUPPORTING SUCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY SELECT, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE; AND C) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN A) AND B), RELIEVING NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY SELECT, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~78.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (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

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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
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CARMEN GENERAL CHARITY income £222k
• THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT FUND income £279k
• MEMON ASSOCIATION UK income £115k

Side by side with its peers

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