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The Overseas Service Pensioners Benevolent Society

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
235989
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 22, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Aug. 4, 1964
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Lindeyer Francis Ferguson
North House
198 High Street
Tonbridge
TN9 1BE

Contact

Phone
01732 500250
Email
bensoc@lffuk.com

Activities

To relieve poverty by giving grants to members of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association who are in need. Other pensioners may be eligible for a grant, at the Committee's discretion, if they are eligible for membership of the Association (see OSPA website).

Objects: To Relieve Poverty By Giving Financial Assistance To 1. Pensioners Who Are Members Of The Association2. In The Discretion Of The Committee:(a) Pensioners Eligible For Membership Of The Association(b) Any Person Who Has Served In The Overseas Civil Service(c) Associate Members Of The Association Who:(1) Were Appointed Or Transferred To Statutory Corporations (Para-Statals) In Colonial Territories On Terms And Conditions Comparable To Persons Employed Directly In Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service Or A Similar Overseas Service;(2) Retired Before Completing The Minimum Period Required To Qualify For A Pension(3) Were Obliged, Or Who Chose, To Have 100% Of The Pension Commuted To A Lump Sum(d) Persons Who Have Served In The Local Civil Service Of An Overseas Territory For Whose Administration The British Colonial Office, Commonwealth Office Or Fco Were Responsible(e) The Widow, Child Or Other Dependant Of A Person Referred To In Paragraphs (I) Or (Ii) (A) (B) (C) Or (D)

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who
Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups

Geography

Country
France, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 Aug. 22, 2025On time £38,657 £37,968
Dec. 31, 2023 Dec. 4, 202434 days late £6,267 £83,423
Dec. 31, 2022 Dec. 4, 2024400 days late £7,656 £97,287
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 11, 2022On time £13,165 £103,271
Dec. 31, 2020 Oct. 20, 2021On time £68,516 £97,885

Trustees

Name Appointed
Fiona Casswell Jan. 1, 2022
Thomas Charles Casswell Jan. 29, 2025