# SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS CENTRAL FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 280238
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** July 8, 1980
- **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=280238


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O USPG, 5 Trinity Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 1DB
- **Phone:** 02079212206
- **Email:** mjh262@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT FRANCIS.

**Activities:** Defrays the costs of the Central Administration of the SSF & the expenses of its Ministers' General & First Order General Secretaries.Through its Development Fund, makes grants for the work of the Society of St Francis throughout the world.Through its Legacy Fund funds capital projects in Europe, provides long term support of elderly First Order Brothers & of SSF's work throughout the world.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £155103 | £155616 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £169567 | £76191 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £138991 | £100939 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £131112 | £99185 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £137438 | £63233 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jane Helen Gillbe** (Chair) — appointed June 18, 2018
- Kenneth E Norian — appointed June 16, 2025
- MICHAEL HART — appointed June 15, 2015
- Rev Pat Mossop — appointed Nov. 18, 2019
- Richard William Peaden — appointed Feb. 9, 2026
- The Rt Revd Christopher Thomas James Chessun — appointed Nov. 23, 2020
- The Rt. Revd Robert LeRoy Fitzpatrick — appointed July 18, 2022