NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE TRUST - SOCIETY OF MARY

Registered charity 233639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOR A FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OR CHURCHES IN LONDON AND OTHER FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNEXION WITH THE SOCIETY OF MARY, NOTRE DAME DE FRANCE

Maintaining a French Roman Catholic church in London and advancing the Roman Catholic religion in England and Wales among people of French nationality or who are French speaking. Acting as the Parish Church in the locality in which the church is situated.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME EITHER AS CAPITAL OR INCOME PRIMARILY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OR CHURCHES IN LONDON IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHERWISE (AND AS A SECONDARY OBJECT) FOR SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES PRIMARILY AMONG PERSONS OF FRENCH NATIONALITY OR EXTRACTION OR BEING FRENCH SPEAKING AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT NO PART OF THE TRUST FUND NEED BE RETAINED OR SHALL BE TREATED AS A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2018)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (60% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (16/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending