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governors of the charity for relief of the poor widows and children of clergymen (commonly called clergy support trust)

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Activities & Mission

Clergy Support Trust, formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy, is a clergy support charity established in 1655. Our mission is to support Anglican clergy families through difficult times, whether caused by financial hardship, health problems or other difficulties. We do this mainly through cash grants to individual beneficiaries and through working with other clergy wellbeing organisations.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£4,498,565
Latest Expenditure
£8,978,412

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 186.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 93.2%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 7.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £314,892
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £4,183,673
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £8,365,171
Raising Funds £613,241
Governance £21,630
Grants to Institutions £143,900
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£4,498,565£8,978,412£8,365,171£115,589,685£114,616,34523 / 3
2023£4,641,398£8,543,210£7,983,919£116,137,166£114,648,91221 / 2
2022£4,712,508£6,902,917£6,362,337£116,014,115£114,061,32016 / 0
2021£4,262,203£4,572,340£4,257,631£134,722,483£011 / 3
2020£3,671,329£3,731,154£3,460,035£118,584,617£116,510,2049 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
1 DEAN TRENCH STREET
WESTMINSTER
SW1P 3HB
Registration Date
24 April 1963
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
207736
Charity Number
207736

Trustees

Canon Simon Butler
JEREMY ARTHUR HARGREAVES
JACQUELINE EMILY JORDAN
RICHARD DAVID FARMBROUGH
THE REVD NANCY ELISABETH GOODRICH
MARTIN LUKE COOPER
TSANAGURAI CONSTANCE CHINHENGO
STEPHEN SLACK
The Most Revd Patricia Louise Storey
Dr Mayowa Sarah Marcus
Anna McDonald
THE VEN ANTONY CHARLES MACROW-WOOD
Peter John Curtis Warren
Patience Mary Thody

Also Known As

  • CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION
  • CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY
  • GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED THE CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY)
  • GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED THE CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY)
  • SONS OF THE CLERGY
  • THE SONS OF THE CLERGY CORPORATION
  • SONS AND FRIENDS OF THE CLERGY
  • GOVERNORS OF THE CHARITY FOR RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF CLERGYMEN (COMMONLY CALLED SONS AND FRIENDS OF THE CLERGY)
  • CLERGY SUPPORT TRUST