Blackfriars Settlement

Registered charity 210558 Registered since 1962

Operates: Lambeth, Southwark

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5.1y median 5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Filipe Henriques Martins since 2020
Rachel Catherine Brain since 2019

Portfolio (6)

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 8General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Accommodation/housing 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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

Professional services 13Education 9Health and social care 4

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£681k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

13 from 11 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

35%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Mary Ward Legal Centre 8 shared trustees
Mary Ward Settlement 8 shared trustees

Also active in the same field

Learning Partnerships Similar size; both Community development
Community Activities Project Ealing (C.A.P.E.) Similar size; both Community development
Beavers Arts Limited Similar size; both Community development
Sobus Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.blackfriars-settlement.org.uk
Email	clerk@marywardcentre.ac.uk
Phone	02072696034
Address	BLACKFRIARS SETTLEMENT, 1 Rushworth Street, LONDON, SE1 0RB

Finances

£681,443 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£624,865	£658,771
2022	£673,702	£682,584
2023	£731,562	£706,693
2024	£687,995	£710,567
2025	£681,443	£744,619

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE BY ALL PRACTICABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER CENTRE OF CENTRES IN SOUTHWARK OR ELSEWHERE AND THE FOSTERING OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 1890 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 16 JUNE 1961

Trustees (8)

8trustees

60median age

1aged 70+

Beatriz Montoya Blancoage band 50-54 since 2018
Eva Henryage band 60-64 since 2022
Filipe Henriques Martinsage band 35-39 since 2020
Graham Keith Collins BSc MScage band 55-59 since 2015
Noor-ud-din Janmohamedage band 65-69 since 2024
Rachel Catherine Brainage band 60-64 since 2019
Valerie Susan Taylorage band 70-74 since 2025
Veronica Dalyage band 50-54 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Blackfriars Settlement · 00031105 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/03/1890

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Mary Ward Settlement 6 shared trustees
Mary Ward Legal Centre 6 shared trustees

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