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Society of Saint Gregory

Society of Saint Gregory is a registered charity (number 1103280) based in Edinburgh, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Fr Adrian Benedict Porter since 2022. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as SSG (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees

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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
Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.ssg.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£39k£42k
  • 2023£40k£42k
Earlier years
  • 2022£25k£24k
  • 2021£19k£19k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE STUDY, UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD PRACTICE IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE LITURGY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH. THE SOCIETY AIMS TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECT BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS, BROADLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY EXPRESSED AS FOLLOWS:(I) BY FURTHERING THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING BY THE PEOPLE OF THE LITURGY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING THEIR ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP THEREIN;(II) BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE LITURGY AND SACRED MUSIC;(III) BY ORGANISING MEETINGS, SCHOOLS AND CONFERENCES WHICH INSTRUCTION IN THE LITURGY AND MUSIC GIVEN;(IV) BY PRODUCING, PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND MAKING AVAILABLE BOOKS, PERIODICALS, MUSIC, RECORDINGS, AND OTHER MATERIAL LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED BY PERSONS CONCERNED WITH THE LITURGY AND SACRED MUSIC.

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.

9 trustees on the board

5.4y median 7y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Religious Activities 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£39k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
57 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1103280
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 08/02/2003AS AMENDED ON 13/11/2010
Contact on the register
07517 416 466 · chairman@ssg.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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