THE SAINT JOHN'S WOOD SOCIETY

Registered charity 232270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest in St. John's Wood.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING IN ST. JOHN'S WOOD AND STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF ST. JOHN'S WOOD.

Area of benefit: ST. JOHN'S WOOD

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £7,090 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £128,597. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to cover at least two years of recurring administrative expenditure, which they describe as ensuring resilience and continuity.

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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Taggartchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTINE COWDRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christina Mavrokefalou Diamanti · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Edward Hewitt
• Jane Elizabeth TREHARNE JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laurence Lecacheur · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Frind Cragoe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sanji De Alwis
• VIRGINIA NEWMAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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