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The Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical MEN

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £256k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.samf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£256k£209k
  • 2024£244k£162k
  • 2023£237k£234k
Earlier years
  • 2022£248k£167k
  • 2021£241k£184k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. IF, AND IN SO FAR AS THE SAID INCOME IN ANY YEAR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION AS AFORESAID THE SOCIETY MAY, SUBJECT TO OBSERVING THE SAME CONDITION IN RELATION TO EACH CLASS SUCCESSIVELY ENUMERATED BELOW, APPLY THE SAID INCOME FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:- (A) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (B) NECESSITOUS MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (C) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (D) NECESSITOUS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS NOT BEING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND THE NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PRACTITIONERS WHETHER DECEASED OR NOT.

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.

4.8y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Health and social care 3Other services 2Education 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£244k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
207473
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER DATED 5 APRIL 1864 AS AMENDED 14 MAY 1975 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 12 MARCH 1980, ORDERS 16 MARCH 1983, 16 MARCH 1989 AND SCHEME OF 23 OCT. 1989 AND BY-LAWS MADE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ROYAL CHARTER AND ADOPTED ON 24 MAY 2007.
Contact on the register
07771300410 · info@samf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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