Registered charity · London
The Friends of the Connection AT ST. Martin-in-the-Fields
- 6 trustees
- Income £144k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- City Of Westminster
- Website
- friendsoftheconnction.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£144k£150k
- 2024£399k£413k
- 2023£446k£439k
Earlier years
- 2022£202k£225k
- 2021£328k£330k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN'S IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TRUSTEES OF THE CONNECTION AT ST. MARTIN'S SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE PROVIDED THAT SUCH SUPPORT DOES NOT RELIEVE EXPENDITURE WHICH A BODY OR AUTHORITY IS UNDER A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Richard James Cooper Chair since 2024
- Alex Gandini since 2021
- Emily Cecil-Dennett since 2017
- Matthew David Whalley since 2023
- Mr Chris Riley since 2017
- Sheila Mary Batchelor since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Emily Cecil-Dennett since 2017
- Mr Chris Riley since 2017
- Sheila Mary Batchelor since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Alex Gandini since 2021
- Emily Cecil-Dennett since 2017
- Matthew David Whalley since 2023
- Mr Chris Riley since 2017
- Sheila Mary Batchelor since 2012
Portfolio (1)
- Richard James Cooper Chair since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1040560
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14/06/1994AS AMENDED ON 21/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 16/06/2007AS AMENDED ON 29/06/2013AS AMENDED ON 28/06/2014AS AMENDED ON 04/07/2015 as amended on 29 Jun 2019
- Contact on the register
- 02077665522 · friends@cstm.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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