THE SOCIETY FOR ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Registered charity 257889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S A C F, THE CHRISTIAN FAITH SOCIETY

The society was founded in 1691 and recieved its Royal Charter in 1794. The society contributes towards training and religious instruction for clergy and laity of Anglican dioceses in the West Indies and the Indian Ocean.

Objects

FOR ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE BRITISH WEST-INDIA ISLANDS AND ELSWHERE WITHIN THE DIOCESES OF JAMAICA AND OF BARBADOS AND THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, AND IN MAURITIUS.

Area of benefit: FOREIGN

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 Society has total unrestricted funds of £2,266,602, comprising a Long-Term Capital Fund of £2,244,743 and a Working Capital Fund of £21,859. The Governors confirm that the Society has adequate and available resources to continue its charitable activities, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sygma Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE EARL OF CORK AND ORRERYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Samuel Wells
• JULIAN TREGONING
• REV Richard Simon Buckley
• Rev Charles Card-Reynolds
• Rev DAVID THOMAS PEEBLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Duncan Dormor
• Rev LUCY ClARE WINKETT
• Rev RODERICK LEECE
• Rev SIMON GRIGG

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Aruba · Barbados · Belize · Guyana · Madagascar · Mauritius · Saint Vincent · Seychelles · Trinidad And Tobago

Income and spending

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