BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST PATRICK

Registered charity 214824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of poor, needy or distressed persons, regardless of their religious beliefs or practices, who were born or one of whose parents or grandparents were born in Ireland, who are resident in or near the area of Greater London, and their dependants.

Objects

TO ASSIST POOR AND DISTRESSED PERSONS OF IRISH DESCENT AND THEIR DEPENDANTS RESIDENT IN AND ABOUT LONDON, IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED.

Area of benefit: LONDON.

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 reported a net deficit of £5,942 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £10,888 in the prior year. Total unrestricted funds carried forward were £389,882, with a general reserve of £216,501 and a revaluation reserve of £173,381. The trustees approved the financial statements on 20th November 2025.

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 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.

• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Benevolent Society of St Patrick (1783) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Nicola Sansomchair
• Conor James Quinn
• Dr Martina Reichert
• Dr Simon King
• Edward Stanhope Kyle Cholmondeley-Clarke
• JUDGE PATRICK FRANCIS CLYNE
• Lord Gillford John Maximillian Meade
• Major-General Arthur George Denaro CBE DL
• Peadar O'Mordha
• The Earl of Clanwilliam
• The Lord Aylmer
• Viscount Shane Robert Henning Jocelyn

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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