Registered charity · London
Society for the Maintenance of the Faith
- 13 trustees
- Income £30k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Colin John Podmore MBEChair · since 2021
- Anne Fiona Maria GrayTrustee · since 2021
- Edward William DobsonTrustee · since 2021
- Helen Victoria SageTrustee · since 2022
- Kyle Gillies McneilTrustee · since 2023
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBETrustee · since 2024
- Owen Christopher Goodwin HiggsTrustee · since 2024
- Rev Philip Peter CorbettTrustee · since 2020
- Rev Robert Mark McintyreTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Margaret WayTrustee · since 2023
- The Revd Canon Paul Geoffrey HarbordTrustee · since 2021
- The Revd Canon Robert FayersTrustee · since 2014
- Vicky Amanda ColeTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.smftrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1966
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£30k£29k
- 2024£35k£60k
- 2023£43k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£97k£101k
- 2021£61k£66k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN CATHOLIC TEACHING AND PRACTICE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION).
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Dr Colin John Podmore MBE Chair since 2021
- Anne Fiona Maria Gray since 2021
- Edward William Dobson since 2021
- Helen Victoria Sage since 2022
- Kyle Gillies Mcneil since 2023
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE since 2024
- Owen Christopher Goodwin Higgs since 2024
- Rev Philip Peter Corbett since 2020
- Rev Robert Mark Mcintyre since 2023
- Susan Margaret Way since 2023
- The Revd Canon Robert Fayers since 2014
- The Revd Canon Paul Geoffrey Harbord since 2021
- Vicky Amanda Cole since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- The Revd Canon Robert Fayers since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Edward William Dobson since 2021
- Helen Victoria Sage since 2022
- Kyle Gillies Mcneil since 2023
- The Revd Canon Robert Fayers since 2014
- The Revd Canon Paul Geoffrey Harbord since 2021
- Vicky Amanda Cole since 2021
Portfolio (7)
- Dr Colin John Podmore MBE Chair since 2021
- Anne Fiona Maria Gray since 2021
- Michael Vaughan Cooper OBE since 2024
- Owen Christopher Goodwin Higgs since 2024
- Rev Philip Peter Corbett since 2020
- Rev Robert Mark Mcintyre since 2023
- Susan Margaret Way since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 247767
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1956 AND AS AMENDED 11 MAY 2004 as amended on 21 May 2011 as amended on 18 Jun 2022 as amended on 17 Jun 2023
- Contact on the register
- 020 7485 3727 · secretary@smftrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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