CHURCH LANDS AND JOHN JOHNSON'S ESTATE CHARITIES

Registered charity 272566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Income consists of Investment Income and Property Income which is distributed to the St. Laurence Ecclesiastical Charities and St. Laurence Relief in Need Trust.

Objects

THE ESTATE TRUSTEES SHALL DIVIDE THE INCOME OF THE CHURCH LANDS CHARITY INTO THREE EQUAL PARTS AND THE INCOME OF JOHN JOHNSON'S CHARITY INTO TWO PARTS. (A) TWO PARTS OF THE INCOME OF THE CHURCH LANDS CHARITY AND ONE PART OF THE INCOME OF JOHN JOHNSON'S CHARITY SHALL BE PAID TO THE ST LAURENCE ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES. (B) THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE INCOME OF BOTH CHARITIES SHALL BE PAID TO THE ST LAURENCE CHARITIES FOR THE POOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds only endowment funds totaling £2,660,999, with no unrestricted reserves available for general use. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. All investment income generated is distributed annually to related charitable organizations.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Richard Joneschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lee Richard Smith · trustee of 2 other charities
• MRS Ruth Elizabeth Pearce · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicholas Charles Burrows · trustee of 4 other charities
• PATRICIA THOMAS · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROSEMARY PHYLLIS WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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