The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Society of Saint Francis Central Fund

Registered charity 280238 Registered since 1980

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, United States, South Korea

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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.

5.3y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 7Religious Activities 7Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 3Health and social care 1Other 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£155k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailmjh262@btinternet.com
Phone02079212206
AddressC/O USPG, 5 Trinity Street, LONDON, SE1 1DB

Finances

£155,103 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£137,438£63,233
2022£131,112£99,185
2023£138,991£100,939
2024£169,567£76,191
2025£155,103£155,616

What it does

What

Education/trainingOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS.

Governing document: DEED DATED 31ST MARCH 1980 as amended on 16 Jun 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (11)

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