SECULAR CLERGY NEW COMMON FUND

Registered charity 217776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE 'M'

Grants to sick and elderly priests

Objects

TO AFFORD ASSISTANCE TO THE AGED, SICK AND INFIRM OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE METROPOLITAN DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER AND DIOCESES OF SOUTHWARK,PORTSMOUTH AND BRENTWOOD.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the fund's gross income was £155,125, which was below the limit requiring a formal audit. The fund distributes all available income and covers shortfalls through capital gains on its investment portfolio. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs.

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.

• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• FATHER KEVIN HALE
• John Cooke
• Michael O'DEA
• Nicholas Rothon · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev NICHOLAS JOHN ROTHON MA · trustee of 1 other charity
• The Reverend Canon Jonathan Martin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Essex · Hertfordshire · Portsmouth City · Southwark

Income and spending

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