ST LAWRENCE CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 800344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S L C F

The fund gives practical/financial help to many needy people in our neighbourhood.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £18,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with net assets increasing to £122,611. The trustees confirm that reserves are sufficient to continue as a going concern, noting that the budgeted income and expenditure are adequate for the next twelve months. No staff are employed, and no trustees received remuneration or reimbursed expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Bexley Household Support Fund (46% of income)
“Bexley Household Support Fund 28,728” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient funds to respond to applications for grants and to cover administration costs (held: £123k)
“The Trustees aim to hold unrestricted reserves, excluding those included in investments, at a level which will provide sufficient funds to respond to applications for grants and to cover administration costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Lawrence Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£61k£42k
31/03/2024£96k£42k
31/03/2023£67k£47k
31/03/2022£22k£35k
31/03/2021£23k£25k

Common questions

Is ST LAWRENCE CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £18,992 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with net assets increasing to £122,611. The trustees confirm that reserves are sufficient to continue as a going concern, noting that the budgeted income and expenditure are adequate for the next twelve months. No staff are employed, and no trustees received remuneration or reimbursed expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2014£7kLast Resort Support - Sidcup