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Registered charity · Dorchester

The Brothers of the First Order of the Society of ST Francis

The Brothers of the First Order of the Society of ST Francis is a registered charity (number 236464) based in Dorchester, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Br Alf Micael Carlstrom SSF since 2022. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as First Order Brothers of the Society of Saint Francis, Society of ST Francis, SSF (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (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
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities and 2 more
Where
Newham, Dorset, Kent, Northumberland and more
Website
www.franciscans.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£1.0m
  • 2024£1.1m£871k
  • 2023£1.1m£827k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£825k
  • 2021£713k£899k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO BUILD UP A BODY OF MEN WHO, ACCEPTING CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND MASTER, WILL SEEK TO FOLLOW HIM IN THE WAY OF RENUNCIATION AND SACRIFICE AS AN ACT OF WITNESS AND FOR THE LOVING SERVICE OF HIS BRETHREN IN THE WORLD. TO MINISTER TO THE UNCARED-FOR, SICK AND SUFFERING AND THE NEEDY. TO SHOW OTHERS BY EXAMPLE AND INSTRUCTION, THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CHRIST. TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO COME TO THEM FOR HELP OR COUNSEL.

Grants received

8 grants · £65,860 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.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Community Foundation North East £5002023-11-16
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £5222023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,8642023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8,9402023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £50,3672023-04-01
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.

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

0
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 13Overseas Aid/famine Relief 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
236464
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AS REVISED IN 1971 AND ON 15TH MARCH 1974 AND 10TH JUNE 1978 AND SCHEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE 26TH OCTOBER 1993 AS AMENDED 24 AUGUST 1998
Contact on the register
01300342311 · bursarssf@franciscans.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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