# TURN2US

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 207812
- **Other names:** DISTRESSED GENTLEFOLK&#x27;S AID ASSOCIATION, ELIZABETH FINN CARE, ELIZABETH FINN TRUST, TURN2US
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00515297](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00515297)
- **Registered:** April 4, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=207812


## Contact

- **Address:** 33-39 Bowling Green Lane, London
- **Postcode:** EC1R 0BJ
- **Phone:** 020 8834 9200
- **Email:** ceooffice@turn2us.org.uk
- **Website:** www.turn2us.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The Objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, to relieve and assist, in such ways as the Trustees think fit (but without regard to religious or political affiliations) residents or nationals of the United Kingdom who are in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship or who are otherwise in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

**Activities:** Helping eligible residents of the UK who live in poverty by means of regular financial allowances, grants and advice from dedicated case workers and volunteers.Turn2us website and helpline service is also provided to help anybody living in poverty in the UK to access the funds they are entitled to as regards state benefits and financial support from benevolent charities.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander James MacDonald |  | April 1, 2022 |
| Arvinda Gohil OBE |  | May 27, 2025 |
| Denise Amelia Ramsey |  | Oct. 10, 2022 |
| Dr John Loughton BEM |  | Nov. 3, 2025 |
| Edwina Johnston |  | Dec. 16, 2020 |
| Holly Alexandra Tippett Simpson |  | Oct. 10, 2022 |
| Jenny Cooke |  | Oct. 2, 2023 |
| Jenny Oklikah |  | Sept. 21, 2023 |
| Joyce Selina Frederick |  | Nov. 3, 2025 |
| Kaveed Ali |  | Sept. 21, 2023 |
| Philippe Olivier Lintern |  | Oct. 21, 2022 |
| Samuel Peter Royston |  | Nov. 3, 2025 |
| Timothy Leunig |  | Nov. 3, 2025 |
| Umar Abdur-Rehman Ansari |  | Nov. 3, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- CJ AND EJ MELBOURNE ENDOWMENT (207812-1)
- IDA MARY GEORGINA MOUL FOR A HOLIDAY HOME FOR GENTLEWOMEN (207812-2)
- ELIZABETH FINN TRUST: MISS EDNA LIPSON&#x27;S CHARITY (207812-3)
- DRESDEN HOMES TRUST (207812-4)
- HENRIETTA EMMELINE KNIGHT (207812-5)
- THE LLOYD&#x27;S SUPPORT FUND (207812-6)
- ARTHUR HURST WILL TRUST (207812-7)



