SIR JOHN EVELYN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 225707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of the poor of the parish of St Nicholas and St Luke's in Deptford, South-East London

Objects

(1) THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS IN PAYING PENSIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED AND IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR USE AS HOLIDAY HOMES FOR PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID WHO ARE IN NEED OF RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS. (2) THE TRUSTEES MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS. (3) SUBJECT THERETO, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE SAID INCOME IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THAT PART OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST, NICHOLAS AND ST. LUKE, DEPTFORD WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN MANNER AFORESAID OR IN OR TOWARDS PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AS AFORESAID FOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE SAID PART OF THE SAID ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH WHO ARE IN NEED OF RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS.

Area of benefit: MAINLY THE ANCIENT PARISH OF ST. NICHOLAS, DEPTFORD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £1,607,295 and a total investment portfolio valued at £2,845,326, resulting in a sound financial position with cash balances of £1,287,108. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that resources are adequate to secure the charity's immediate future, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brenda Wainwright
• Bridget Perry
• Calum Fiac O'Byrne Mulligan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Councillor Aidan Smith
• Matthew Woolcott

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

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