THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA

Registered charity 327394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARY AND MARTHA, SHELDON, THE MARY AND MARTHA SHELDON CENTRE

Support for people in ministry at times of stress or crisis. Retreat and education resources open to everyone. Self-catering accommodation for schools, churches, community, family and special needs groups.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL SUM OF TWO THOUSAND POUNDS AND THE INCOME THEREOF TOGETHER WITH ANY FURTHER CAPITAL AND INCOME THEREOF TOGETHER WITH ANY FURTHER CAPITAL AND INCOME THERON AND ANY MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY RECEIVED FOR THE SOCIETY UPON TRUST FOR A THE ADVANEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIION AND B THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £649,046 against total expenditure of £618,593, resulting in a net surplus of £10,945. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £4,867,892, which the trustees note are £43,012 more than their stated policy target of £1,104,867. The auditor confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~22.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (47% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Frank Albert Wrightchair
• Carl Anthony Lee
• Hillary Ann Hanson
• IAN EDWARD POWELL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jacqueline Mary Henretty
• REVEREND CANON LYNDA MARY BARLEY
• Rev Antony Kenneth Lane
• Rev Nina Mary Joyner Summerfield

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S CHURCH OF CHRIST.

• ST MARY'S CHURCH OF CHRIST income £55k
• THE MARY AND MARGARET CHARITY income £50k
• ST MARY'S CHRISTIAN WORKERS TRUST income £483k
• THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k
• MARTHA TRUST income £8.3m
• CREATED: CHURCH income £315k

Side by side with its peers

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