Society of the Holy Cross (Also Known AS Societas Sanctae Crucis)
Registered charity 297891 Registered since 1987
Operates: Throughout England And Wales
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rev Carl Richard Schaefer SSC Chair since 2022
- Canon Philip Jonathan O'Reilly SSC since 2025
- Fr Giles Anthony Christopher Orton SSC since 2025
- Fr Jeremy Patrick Sheehy SSC since 2025
- Fr John Kenneth Tristan Eldridge SSC since 2025
- Fr John Philip Warner SSC since 2026
- Fr Mark Gilbert SSC since 2025
- Fr Mark North SSC since 2026
- Fr Nicolas Spicer SSC since 2025
- Fr Robin Dominic Edwin Jones since 2015
- Fr Simon Peter John Clark SSC since 2020
- Rev Peter Richard Henderson Edwards SSC since 2026
2.2y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Fr Robin Dominic Edwin Jones since 2015
9y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Fr Giles Anthony Christopher Orton SSC since 2025
- Fr John Kenneth Tristan Eldridge SSC since 2025
- Fr Simon Peter John Clark SSC since 2020
Portfolio (9)
- Rev Carl Richard Schaefer SSC Chair since 2022
- Canon Philip Jonathan O'Reilly SSC since 2025
- Fr Jeremy Patrick Sheehy SSC since 2025
- Fr John Philip Warner SSC since 2026
- Fr Mark Gilbert SSC since 2025
- Fr Mark North SSC since 2026
- Fr Nicolas Spicer SSC since 2025
- Fr Robin Dominic Edwin Jones since 2015
- Rev Peter Richard Henderson Edwards SSC since 2026
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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 9General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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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£159k latest income
16 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.
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 Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary-the-Virgin, Bathwick 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST John the Baptist Sevenoaks 1 shared trustee
- Alderman Newton's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Magnus the Martyr With ST Margaret NEW Fish Street and ST Michael Crooked Lane, London 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Worksop Priory ST Mary & ST Cuthbert 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brentwood 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | http://www.sscholycross.com |
| rdejones@me.com | |
| Phone | 07779299924 |
| Address | THE CLERGY HOUSE, 62 Quakers Hall Lane, SEVENOAKS, TN13 3TX |
Finances
£36,953 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £35,260 | £50,359 |
| 2022 | £22,009 | £24,631 |
| 2023 | £29,233 | £34,621 |
| 2024 | £159,111 | £23,598 |
| 2025 | £36,953 | £54,504 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious ActivitiesOther Charitable PurposesWho
Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
I. TO STRENGHTEN AND CONSOLIDATED THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ITS MEMBERS ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC BELIEF AND PRACTICE; II. TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND DISCIPLINE, AND TO DEFEND TRUTH AGAINST ERROR. III. TO UNITE ITS MEMBERS IN A SPECIAL BOND OF MUTUAL CHARITY ARISING FROM THEIR COMMON FAITH.
Governing document: STATUTES ADOPTED 1981
Trustees (12)
12trustees
0aged 70+
- Rev Carl Richard Schaefer SSC Chair since 2022
- Canon Philip Jonathan O'Reilly SSC since 2025
- Fr Giles Anthony Christopher Orton SSC since 2025
- Fr Jeremy Patrick Sheehy SSC since 2025
- Fr John Kenneth Tristan Eldridge SSC since 2025
- Fr John Philip Warner SSC since 2026
- Fr Mark Gilbert SSC since 2025
- Fr Mark North SSC since 2026
- Fr Nicolas Spicer SSC since 2025
- Fr Robin Dominic Edwin Jones since 2015
- Fr Simon Peter John Clark SSC since 2020
- Rev Peter Richard Henderson Edwards SSC since 2026
Connected charities (21)
- Church of ST Peter, Swinton, Restoration and Development Trust 1 shared trustee
- ST Michael's Trust 1 shared trustee
- Alderman Newton's Educational Foundation 1 shared trustee
- The Goldthorpe Parish Church Building Trust 1 shared trustee
- Church of ST Augustine Pendlebury Restoration and Development Trust 1 shared trustee
- ST. Stephen's Educational Charity 1 shared trustee
- Higham's Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Worksop Priory ST Mary & ST Cuthbert 1 shared trustee
- The Worksop Priory and Gatehouse Community Trust 1 shared trustee
- Bassetlaw Community and Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee
- The Eleemosynary Charity of Medley Sterne and Woodhouse 1 shared trustee
- ST Magnus the Martyr Bells Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Magnus the Martyr With ST Margaret NEW Fish Street and ST Michael Crooked Lane, London 1 shared trustee
- Leicester Diocesan Board of Education 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Mary-the-Virgin, Bathwick 1 shared trustee
- The ST Mary the Blessed Virgin, Bathwick, Maintenance Trust 1 shared trustee
- Sevenoaks (Loaves & Fishes) Foodbank 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST John the Baptist Sevenoaks 1 shared trustee
- Petworth and District Over 60's DAY Centre 1 shared trustee
- Forward in Faith 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brentwood 1 shared trustee
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