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

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=236464


## Contact

- **Address:** Society of St. Francis, The Friary, Hilfield, Dorchester
- **Postcode:** DT2 7BE
- **Phone:** 01300 342311
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Italy
- Northern Ireland
- Birmingham City
- Dorset
- Kent
- Newham
- Northumberland
- Worcestershire





## Trustees

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




