SOCIETY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FAITH

Registered charity 247767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Patronage of parishes in the Church of England and the maintenance of the Catholic teaching and practice.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN CATHOLIC TEACHING AND PRACTICE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION).

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of receipts over payments of £992 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a deficit in the prior year. Total net assets stood at approximately £1.03m, which the trustees consider a satisfactory level of funding for running costs. The investment portfolio value decreased by approximately 3.8% due to poor performance of the CBF Church of England Investment Fund.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr COLIN JOHN PODMORE MBEchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• ANNE FIONA MARIA GRAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward William Dobson
• Helen Victoria Sage
• Kyle Gillies McNeil
• Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE · trustee of 6 other charities
• Owen Christopher Goodwin Higgs · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Philip Peter Corbett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Robert Mark McIntyre · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Margaret Way · trustee of 1 other charity
• THE REVD CANON ROBERT FAYERS
• The Revd Canon Paul Geoffrey Harbord
• Vicky Amanda Cole

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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