JEANNE MARIE GUNN TRUST

Registered charity 268529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GIVING RELIEF TO THE NEEDY AND DESERVING POOR, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST THOSE PROFESSING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH.

Objects

RELIEF OF NEEDY AND DESERVING POOR, ESPECIALLY BUT NO EXCLUSIVLEY ROMAN CATHOLICS IN RAYLEIGH, ESSEX AND ELSEWHERE.

Area of benefit: ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF RAYLEIGH AND ELSEWHERE

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £57,686, which the trustees describe as a new Income Reserve established to ensure consistent grant disbursement. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no staff employed and total funds valued at approximately £1.2 million.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (97% 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: 0.1% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Johnson
• Fr Paul Fox
• Katherine Abel
• Michael Okafor
• PATRICIA CURNOCK
• Philip Johnstone
• Sandra Spooner

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

Operates in: Eritrea · Essex · Italy · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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