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Registered charity · London

The Royal Foundation of ST Katharine

The Royal Foundation of ST Katharine is a registered charity (number 223849) based in London, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £3.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.1m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.rfsk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.1m£4.1m
  • 2024£3.2m£3.5m
  • 2023£3.0m£3.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.1m£2.9m
  • 2021£1.6m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, THROUGH WORSHIP, HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE, AND THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN VALUES, WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING AND CO-ORDINATING CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. IN PURSUIT OF THE OBJECT, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE, THE ROYAL FOUNDATION WILL: A) PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE AND RETREAT CENTRE IN EAST LONDON (WITH EXTENSION ELSEHWERE IF WORK SO REQUIRES); B) PROVIIDE A PLACE OF SANCTUARY, PEACE AND REFLECTION, IN WHICH ALL MAY WORSHIP; C) SERVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUTREACH, SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT; AND D) UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE COURT MAY IN ITS DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Grants received

1 grant · £50,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

8.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 10Religious Activities 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 4Professional services 4Finance 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.1m 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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

60 from 57 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
223849
Status
Registered
Governing document
FOUNDED IN 1147 AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGULATED BY AN ORDINANCE DATED 30 MARCH 1993 AS AMENDED BY WARRANTS DATED 11 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND 21 NOVEMBER 2012 NOW REGULATED BY ORDINANCES DATED 27TH APRIL 2020
Contact on the register
0300 111 1147 · info@rfsk.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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