Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS CENTRAL FUND 

Defrays the costs of the Central Administration of the SSF & the expenses of its Ministers' General & First Order General Secretaries.Through its Development Fund, makes grants for the work of the Society of St Francis throughout the world.Through its Legacy Fund funds capital projects in Europe, provides long term support of elderly First Order Brothers & of SSF's work throughout the world.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£139£101£38n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£131£99£32n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£137£63£74n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£138£162£-24n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£143£96£47n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£140£214£-74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£157£355£-198£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£136£208£-72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£181£199£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£181£199£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£267£218£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£240£256£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£364£215£149£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£217£247£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£173£251£-77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£392£187£205£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£881£121£760£1£1,803£1,693167.500
31/03/06£123£144£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£126£103£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£103£97£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

Benk@uspg.org.uk

02079212206

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other religious associations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/07/1980, number: 280238
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 113 days late,
Main office

C/O USPG
5 Trinity Street
LONDON
SE1 1DB

Objectives

TO OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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