The Incorporated Catholic Truth Society
Registered charity 218951 Registered since 1963
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Malta, New Zealand, Ireland, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, South Africa, Trinidad And Tobago, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland
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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
- Rt Rev Paul Hendricks Chair since 2003
- Carrie ANN Gates since 2015
- Dominic Joseph Mattos since 2025
- Dr William Peter O'Neil since 2016
- JO-Anne Rowney since 2025
- Jenniffer Gearheart-Tang since 2025
- Luke Parsons QC since 2006
- Rev Andrew Charles Pinsent since 2017
- Rev David John Elliott Fr since 2020
9.1y median 9y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Rt Rev Paul Hendricks Chair since 2003
- Carrie ANN Gates since 2015
- Dr William Peter O'Neil since 2016
- Luke Parsons QC since 2006
- Rev Andrew Charles Pinsent since 2017
- Rev David John Elliott Fr since 2020
12y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Carrie ANN Gates since 2015
- Dominic Joseph Mattos since 2025
- Dr William Peter O'Neil since 2016
- JO-Anne Rowney since 2025
- Jenniffer Gearheart-Tang since 2025
- Luke Parsons QC since 2006
- Rev Andrew Charles Pinsent since 2017
- Rev David John Elliott Fr since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Rt Rev Paul Hendricks Chair since 2003
5
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 9Other Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 9
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Tech and media 6Other services 4Business services 1
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.
incomespending£5.0m latest income
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.
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2020
12 from 11 in 2020
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
- The Catholic Association 1 shared trustee
- Williams Southwark Fund 1 shared trustee
- Caritas Social Action 1 shared trustee
- Southwark Taylor Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 1 shared trustee
- Duke of Norfolk Trust 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.ctsbooks.org |
| P.Finaldi@ctsbooks.org | |
| Phone | 02076400042 |
| Address | Cabrini Community Campus, Forest Hill Road, Honor Oak, London, SE23 3LE |
Finances
£4,982,020 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £858,633 | £1,024,038 |
| 2021 | £1,021,443 | £945,066 |
| 2022 | £1,721,906 | £1,012,411 |
| 2023 | £1,141,752 | £1,143,812 |
| 2024 | £4,982,020 | £3,029,817 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable PurposesWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
TO SPREAD INFORMATION ABOUT CATHOLIC TRUTH AND TO MAKE BETTER KNOWN THE FAITH, PRACTICE AND HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 11 MAY 1898 AS AMENDED 22 SEPTEMBER 1994
Trustees (9)
9trustees
46median age
1aged 70+
- Rt Rev Paul Hendricksage band 70-74 Chair since 2003
- Carrie ANN Gatesage band 45-49 since 2015
- Dominic Joseph Mattosage band 40-44 since 2025
- Dr William Peter O'Neil since 2016
- JO-Anne Rowneyage band 35-39 since 2025
- Jenniffer Gearheart-Tang since 2025
- Luke Parsons QC since 2006
- Rev Andrew Charles Pinsentage band 55-59 since 2017
- Rev David John Elliott Fr since 2020
Linked company (Companies House)
Incorporated Catholic Truth Society(the) · 00057374 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/05/1898
1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (22)
- Duke of Norfolk Trust 1 shared trustee
- Canon Tierney Trust 1 shared trustee
- Howard of Glossop Bequest 1 shared trustee
- Woodroffe Bequest Administered BY (the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark) 1 shared trustee
- Robinson Bequest 1 shared trustee
- Whittingham Bequest 1 shared trustee
- Wedgewood Endowment Administered BY (the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark) 1 shared trustee
- Deptford Poor Fund 1 shared trustee
- Redmond's Charity 1 shared trustee
- DE Sampayo Bequest 1 shared trustee
- The Blundell Charitable Fund 1 shared trustee
- Butler Trust 1 shared trustee
- MRS C J I B Gordon-Canning's Priests' Trust (London) 1 shared trustee
- Charity for the Advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion in the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Southwark and Arundel and Brighton 1 shared trustee
- The Allenby Endowment in Connection With Crayford R C School 1 shared trustee
- Duffy Bequest 1 shared trustee
- Honora Turner O'Callaghan Scholarship Fund 1 shared trustee
- Williams Southwark Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Catholic Association 1 shared trustee
- Caritas Social Action 1 shared trustee
- Southwark Taylor Educational Trust 1 shared trustee
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 1 shared trustee
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