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The Society Of The Friends Of Little Gidding

Friends Of Little Gidding

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1102857
Status
Registered
Registered
March 25, 2004
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Little Gidding

Address

Address
12 Bayswater Avenue
BRISTOL
BS6 7NS

Contact

Activities

To celebrate and commemorate Nicolas Ferrar, provide practical care and assistance in the upkeep of Little Gidding church, promote and arrange services, pilgrimages and educational visits and events at Little Gidding and elsewhere that celebrate and commemorate Ferrar's life and his lifestyle, and other historical visitors connected to Little Gidding including T S Eliot. To support Ferrar House.

Objects: (1) The Advancement Of Religion, And In Particular - (I) To Give Thanks To Almighty God For The Holy Lives And Examples Of Nicholas Ferrar And Those Who Shared His Life At Little Gidding. (Ii) To Venerate His Memory And To Honour Those Ideals Of Christian Family Life Of Which Little Gidding Provided So Perfect A Pattern. (Iii) To Take A Practical And Active Interest In The Care, Upkeep And Adornment Of The Church Of Little Gidding And Its Precincts. (Iv) To Arrange, As Occasion Provides, For Visits And Pilgrimages To Little Gidding And, In Any Other Ways That May Be Deemed Fitting, To Preserve The Sense Of Little Gidding As A Holy Place, From Which The Sanctity Can Never Depart. (V) To Assist And Support The Provision Of Accommodation And Facilities For Pilgrims And Other Visitors To Come To, Visit, Or Stay At Little Gidding. (2) To Advance The Education Of The Public In The Life Of Nicholas Ferrar At Little Gidding And Also The Connection Of T S Eliot With Little Gidding.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Cambridgeshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Sept. 30, 2024 £4,709 £4,078
Sept. 30, 2023 £4,143 £5,178
Sept. 30, 2022 £3,886 £2,983
Sept. 30, 2021 £3,132 £8,636
Sept. 30, 2020 £3,777 £5,559

Trustees

Name Appointed
Canon Simon John Kershaw (Chair)
Nigel David Seaman Dec. 6, 2025
Susan Waters Dec. 6, 2025