THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR CLERGYMEN

Registered charity 232634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S R P C

Making grants for Clergy and licensed workers in the Anglican church

Objects

RELIEF OF POOR, PIOUS, MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE CHURCH IN WALES, THE CHURCH OF IRELAND AND THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WHETHER CLERGY, DEACONESSES, OR ACCREDITED LAY WORKERS, OF GOOD CHARACTER, AND WHOSE MINISTRY ACCORDS FAITHFULLY WITH THE ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND, WALES, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

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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Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £28,410, with total grants and sundry expenses totaling approximately £27,542, resulting in a closing bank balance of £27,647.78. The trustees note that investment values fell significantly during the year, but the charity maintained positive reserves and adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fiona Liddicoat. 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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

J F W Deacon's Charity — “The Trustees also administer grants from J F W Deacon's Charity for ordained and lay persons in Christian ministry who have special needs as…” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

THE VENERABLE Ian Leslie Stewart Watsonchair
Andrew Richard Thorburn MRICS FRNS · trustee of 1 other charity
John Keith Honniball
Mrs Cathy Shearn
Paula Honniball BA Dip TMM
Rev Adam Stewart Watson
Rev Cannon Jonathan Leitch Scamman
Rev David John Eames
Rev Joseph Thomas Kinsella
Rev Martin William Hayward
Rev Preb Graham Michael Cotter

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£28k	£28k
31/12/2024	£29k	£32k
31/12/2023	£28k	£25k
31/12/2022	£28k	£31k
31/12/2021	£26k	£17k

Common questions

Is THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR CLERGYMEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £28,410, with total grants and sundry expenses totaling approximately £27,542, resulting in a closing bank balance of £27,647.78. The trustees note that investment values fell significantly during the year, but the charity maintained positive reserves and adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fiona Liddicoat.