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Catenian Association Benevolent and Children's Fund

Registered charity 214244 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Malta, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Scotland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

7.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 9Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Other services 7Health and social care 4Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£914k 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.

78.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021

1 from 1 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.catenianbenevolence.org
Emailclerk@catenianbenevolence.org
Phone01257462344
AddressUnit 5, Oak Court, Pilgrims Walk, Prologis Park, COVENTRY, CV6 4QH

Finances

£488,396 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£700,414£887,306
2023£894,537£763,905
2024£459,588£1,309,593
2025£914,356£1,347,162
2026£488,396£1,325,413

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

THE MANAGING TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY AND, AT THEIR DISCRETION, THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF ITS CAPITAL IN:A) RELIEVING NEED AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, THE DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION AND THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION, WHO ARE (IN EACH CASE) IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (THE "PRIMARY CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES"), BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, OR PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS (WHETHER BY PAYMENT FOR OR TOWARDS OR REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL OR PART OF THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, OR OTHERWISE);B) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSE SET OUT IN A), RELIEVING NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BY SUPPORTING SUCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY SELECT, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE; AND C) IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESOURCES OF THE CHARITY ARE NOT USED FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN A) AND B), RELIEVING NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BY SUPPORTING SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY SELECT, IN PARTICULAR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING LOANS, WHETHER SECURED OR UNSECURED AND EITHER WITHOUT INTEREST OR AT SUCH RATE OF INTEREST AS THE MANAGING TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 29/05/1991AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 18/02/2015AS AMENDED ON 28 JUL 2016AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 09 FEB 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
79median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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