Society for the Relief of Distress
Registered charity 207585 Registered since 1962
Operates: Throughout London
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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
- Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair
- Caroline Armstrong Ms
- Charles Petri
- Florence Petri since 2017
- Isabel Walch since 2018
- James Petri since 2011
- Louise Oxley since 2017
- Megan van der Linde since 2019
- Olivia Petri since 2019
9.2y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Florence Petri since 2017
- Isabel Walch since 2018
- James Petri since 2011
- Louise Oxley since 2017
- Megan van der Linde since 2019
- Olivia Petri since 2019
7.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Charles Petri
- Florence Petri since 2017
- Isabel Walch since 2018
- James Petri since 2011
- Louise Oxley since 2017
- Olivia Petri since 2019
Portfolio (3)
- Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair
- Caroline Armstrong Ms
- Megan van der Linde since 2019
0
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£63k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Related organisations
- Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Kepplewray Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Notting Hill Prep Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- British Friends of Kishorit Similar size; both Disability
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Phone | 020 7371 8544 |
| Address | 21 HARTSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, W12 9NE |
Finances
£62,606 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £35,192 | £41,634 |
| 2021 | £37,870 | £35,428 |
| 2022 | £47,465 | £40,604 |
| 2023 | £52,905 | £44,025 |
| 2024 | £62,606 | £62,044 |
What it does
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
TO RELIEVE ALL CASES OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND REAL DISTRESS IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND THE LONDON BOROUGHS SHOWN IN THE 'CIVIL AREA' BOX.
Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3RD FEBRUARY 1967
Trustees (9)
9trustees
0aged 70+
- Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair
- Caroline Armstrong Ms
- Charles Petri
- Florence Petri since 2017
- Isabel Walch since 2018
- James Petri since 2011
- Louise Oxley since 2017
- Megan van der Linde since 2019
- Olivia Petri since 2019
Connected charities (5)
- Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress 2 shared trustees
- The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 1 shared trustee
- The Kepplewray Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Notting Hill Prep Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
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