Registered charity · London
Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress
Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress is a registered charity (number 212593) based in London, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Ian Hammond Mcculloch since 2023. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as S F F D (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout London
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£12k
- 2024£13k£12k
- 2023£17k£17k
Earlier years
- 2022£11k£23k
- 2021£10k£20k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair since 2023
- Caroline Margaret Armstrong since 2023
- James Joseph Petri since 2023
- Louise Virginia Oxley since 2023
- Megan van der Linde since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Caroline Margaret Armstrong since 2023
- James Joseph Petri since 2023
- Louise Virginia Oxley since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Hammond Mcculloch Chair since 2023
- Megan van der Linde since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 212593
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 APRIL 1807 AND REVISED 1924
- Contact on the register
- 01932224096 · info@reliefofdistress.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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