Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress

Registered charity 212593 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

5 trustees on the board

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

4.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair since 2023
Megan van der Linde since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5General Charitable Purposes 4Disability 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board

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.

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incomespending£13k latest income

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 for the Relief of Distress 2 shared trustees

Connected through a shared trustee

The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Wilmington Parochial Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
Ghousia Mehria Trust of Harlow Similar size; both Poverty relief
PLS Food Foundation Similar size; both Poverty relief

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	info@reliefofdistress.org.uk
Phone	01932224096
Address	21 HARTSWOOD ROAD, LONDON, W12 9NE

Finances

£13,344 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£12,848	£24,322
2021	£10,339	£20,326
2022	£10,896	£22,668
2023	£17,206	£17,390
2024	£13,344	£11,671

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS IN LONDON OR THE VICINITY, AFTER DUE INVESTIGATIONS, IN THE FORM OF TEMPORARY GRANTS, PENSIONS, REPATRIATION, OR IN SUCH OTHER WAY AS MAY BE THOUGHT FITTING BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 APRIL 1807 AND REVISED 1924

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

Society for the Relief of Distress 2 shared trustees
The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences 1 shared trustee
The Pamela Matthews Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

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