Governors of the Charity for Relief of the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen (Commonly Called Clergy Support Trust)

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Finances

£4,498,565 latest income

What it does

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN SUCH MANNER AS AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY OR HARDSHIP OR FOR THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL."BENEFICIARIES" MEANS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY, ORDINANDS AND THE SPOUSES, FORMER SPOUSES, CHILDREN AND DEPENDANTS OF LIVING OR DECEASED MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OR OF ORDINANDS.(A) "CHILDREN" INCLUDES ADOPTED CHILDREN, STEP-CHILDREN AND PERSONS TREATED AS THE CHILDREN OF A MARRIAGE OR CIVIL PARTNERSHIP.(B) “CIVIL PARTNERS” MEANS THE MEMBERS OF A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1(1) OF THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004.(C) "CLERGY" AND "MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY" MEAN BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND DEACONS OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.(D) "ORDINANDS" MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR ORDINATION AS MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY.(E) THE "SPOUSE" OF A PERSON MEANS HIS OR HER WIFE, HUSBAND, CIVIL PARTNER, WIDOW, WIDOWER OR SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER.

Governing document: THE ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED IN 1678 AMENDED BY THE SCHEME DATED 3/2/1971 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY AN ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 5/4/1971 AND AMENDED BY THE SCHEME DATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2012 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 17 OCTOBER 2012 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 03/09/2013 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 19/10/2017 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COURT DATED 15/11/2017 AS AMENDED ON 12 FEB 2019 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 28 NOV 2019 BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE ORDER IN COURT DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2020.

Trustees (14)

• Richard David Farmbrough Chair since 2018
• Anna Mcdonald since 2023
• Canon Simon Butlerage 61 since 2018
• Dr Mayowa Sarah Marcus since 2021
• Jacqueline Emily Jordan since 2018
• Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves since 2018
• Martin Luke Cooper since 2019
• Patience Mary Thody since 2025
• Peter John Curtis Warrenage 57 since 2025
• Stephen Slack CBE since 2020
• The Revd Nancy Elisabeth Goodrich since 2019
• The VEN Antony Charles Macrow-Wood since 2024
• Tsanagurai Constance Chinhengo since 2020
• The Most Revd Patricia Louise Storey since 2021

Connected charities (11)

• Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers Bell Fund 1 shared trustee
• Girls' Education Company LTD 1 shared trustee
• The Overseas Bishoprics' Fund 1 shared trustee
• The Society of the Women of Nazareth (Known AS the Ladies of the Grail) 1 shared trustee
• Riverside Church (Southwell) 1 shared trustee
• The Connection AT ST Martin-in-the-Fields 1 shared trustee
• 1509 Group 1 shared trustee
• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity With Saint Mary 1 shared trustee
• Royal Grammar School Guildford 1 shared trustee
• Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (2016) 1 shared trustee
• Women of Nazareth (Known AS the Ladies of the Grail) CIO 1 shared trustee