THE OVERSEAS SERVICE PENSIONERS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 235989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve poverty by giving grants to members of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association who are in need. Other pensioners may be eligible for a grant, at the Committee's discretion, if they are eligible for membership of the Association (see OSPA website).

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 1. PENSIONERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION2. IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMITTEE:(A) PENSIONERS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION(B) ANY PERSON WHO HAS SERVED IN THE OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE(C) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO:(1) WERE APPOINTED OR TRANSFERRED TO STATUTORY CORPORATIONS (PARA-STATALS) IN COLONIAL TERRITORIES ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS COMPARABLE TO PERSONS EMPLOYED DIRECTLY IN HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE OR A SIMILAR OVERSEAS SERVICE;(2) RETIRED BEFORE COMPLETING THE MINIMUM PERIOD REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR A PENSION(3) WERE OBLIGED, OR WHO CHOSE, TO HAVE 100% OF THE PENSION COMMUTED TO A LUMP SUM(D) PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE OF AN OVERSEAS TERRITORY FOR WHOSE ADMINISTRATION THE BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICE, COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OR FCO WERE RESPONSIBLE(E) THE WIDOW, CHILD OR OTHER DEPENDANT OF A PERSON REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS (I) OR (II) (A) (B) (C) OR (D)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £303 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following significant income from bequests that nearly covered total expenditure. Free reserves stood at £49,409, with the trustees noting no reserves policy due to the decreasing number of beneficiaries. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Casswell
• Thomas Charles Casswell

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

Operates in: France · India · Ireland · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Throughout England And Wales · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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