# THE BROTHERS OF THE FIRST ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 236464
- **Other names:** FIRST ORDER BROTHERS OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS, SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS, SSF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 21, 1969
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=236464


## Contact

- **Address:** Society of St. Francis, The Friary, Hilfield, Dorchester
- **Postcode:** DT2 7BE
- **Phone:** 01300342311
- **Email:** bursarssf@franciscans.org.uk
- **Website:** www.franciscans.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO BUILD UP A BODY OF MEN WHO, ACCEPTING CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND MASTER, WILL SEEK TO FOLLOW HIM IN THE WAY OF RENUNCIATION AND SACRIFICE AS AN ACT OF WITNESS AND FOR THE LOVING SERVICE OF HIS BRETHREN IN THE WORLD. TO MINISTER TO THE UNCARED-FOR, SICK AND SUFFERING AND THE NEEDY. TO SHOW OTHERS BY EXAMPLE AND INSTRUCTION, THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF CHRIST. TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO COME TO THEM FOR HELP OR COUNSEL.

**Activities:** An Anglican Religious Community for men under a Franciscan rule of life.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Italy
- Northern Ireland
- Birmingham City
- Dorset
- Kent
- Newham
- Northumberland
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £1289105 | £1002759 | £8031344 | 1 |
| June 30, 2024 | £1147732 | £870994 | £7746620 | 1 |
| June 30, 2023 | £1064624 | £827173 | £7299250 | 1 |
| June 30, 2022 | £1312663 | £825115 | £7077916 | 1 |
| June 30, 2021 | £712633 | £898659 | £6624551 | 1 |



## Trustees

- **Br Alf Micael Carlstrom SSF** (Chair) — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br Austin Keith Iverson Davis — appointed June 6, 2025
- Br Benedict Winsper SSF — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br Christopher John SSF — appointed July 1, 2017
- Br Cristian Buliga SSF — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br Hugh Cobbett — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br James Mohun Yonge SSF — appointed May 1, 2019
- Br James Race — appointed June 6, 2025
- Br Malcolm Fountain SSF — appointed March 30, 2021
- Br Martin Price SSF — appointed June 1, 2018
- Br Nicholas Alan Worssam — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br Richard Sydney Double SSF — appointed June 10, 2022
- Br Robert Ames Chase — appointed June 6, 2025