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The Catholic Children's Society (Westminster)

The Catholic Children's Society (Westminster) is a registered charity (number 210920) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Rev David Reilly since 2022. Latest income £2.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Catholic Children's Society (Westminster), Crusade of Rescue (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2025)

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.cathchild.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Catholic Childrens' Society (Westminster)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£2.9m
  • 2024£3.2m£2.6m
  • 2023£3.1m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.5m£2.4m
  • 2021£3.1m£2.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS SHALL SEEM FIT THE MATERIAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, ADULTS WHO WERE BENEFICIARIES OF THE SOCIETY AS CHILDREN OR YOUNG PERSONS, ADULTS WHO WERE (OR WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE) IN FOSTER, ADOPTIVE OR RESIDENTIAL CARE AS CHILDREN OR YOUNG PERSONS, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG PERSONS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER AND ELSEWHERE AND WHETHER OR NOT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FOR SUCH PERSONS ACCOMMODATION (WHETHER IN PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE SOCIETY OR OTHERWISE AND WHETHER OR NOT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND ALSO CLOTHING, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING.

Grants received

17 grants · £1,328,837 total

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Top funders

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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.

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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 11Education 4Other services 3

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£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

8.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.4 in 2021

84 from 72 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
210920
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/07/1905AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/12/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/08/1984AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/12/2015 as amended on 11 Aug 2020
Companies House
Company number 00085235 · Active
Contact on the register
02089695305 · info@cathchild.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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