Treasurer for small mental health charity
- Employer
- The Stuart Low Trust
- Location
- London (North), London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- The Treasurer is a trustee, which is a voluntary unpaid position.
- Closing date
- 24 Feb 2025
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- Sector
- Charity and not for profit, Community, Mental health, Board trustees
- Salary band
- Unremunerated
- Hours
- Part Time
- Where will they be working
- Flexible
Job Details
The Stuart Low Trust (SLT) is a well-respected and award-winning charity based in Islington, bringing people together who are socially isolated to improve mental health and wellbeing. SLT was founded to be different from other mental health charities – uniquely accessible, inclusive, and community-embedded. SLT is a small charity with income under £250k and in stable financial position.
We are looking for a new Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees on the retirement of the present postholder at an exciting time for our charity, as we embark on delivering a new Strategic Plan to widen our reach and diversify our service offer. The Board consists of committed people from a range of professional backgrounds, who play a vital role in the organisation to guide its development. The Board meets six times per annum on Wednesday evenings. The Treasurer meets the Chief Executive to prepare for these meetings.
As Treasurer, you will be in a governance leadership role:
-To maintain effective governance of the charity’s affairs, ensuring its financial viability.
-To ensure that proper processes and procedures exist for assuring all financial records, decisions and delegations are maintained.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic
-To assist and advise in the formation of the charity’s strategy with particular regard to ensuring that the organisation has the resources to deliver the strategy.
2. Financial
-To ensure that the Board receives appropriate and timely budgetary and financial information on the activities of the charity including Annual Accounts.
-To ensure that all accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by funders and the relevant statutory bodies in compliance with Charity and Company law.
-To recommend to the Board appropriate changes and improvements to accounting procedures, controls and policies.
-To oversee the appointment of independent examiner and review on a regular basis.
-To work in close partnership with the Chief Executive and Finance Manager in executing their financial responsibilities.
-To authorise payment of monthly salaries of staff via the charity’s online banking.
3. Assets and Investments
-To ensure that the Charity has an appropriate investment policy
-To ensure that the Charity monitors the performance of its investments and to set an appropriate reserves policy
-To ensure that all equipment and assets are adequately maintained and accounted for.
4. Governance
-To ensure that the Board is aware of its financial duties and responsibilities and need to comply with all legislation.
-To ensure that the organisation’s Financial Control Policy and the appointment of any external financial advisors are reviewed on a regular basis.
If you are interested in this role, please apply by sending your CV to SLT’s Chief Executive, Mark Gillham, via email mark@slt.org.uk. Please type c/o Board of Trustees in the subject heading. Mark will send you the Treasurer’s role description with background information and]arrange a brief online meeting to discuss the role. If mutually agreed at this meeting to proceed, you will be invited to provide a statement addressing how you are suitable for this role with reference to the person specification in the Treasurer’s role description. Finally, you will be invited to attend an informal interview with 2-3 trustees.
Company
The Stuart Low Trust (SLT) is a well-respected and award-winning charity based in Islington, bringing people together who are socially isolated to improve mental health and wellbeing. SLT was founded to be different from other mental health charities – uniquely accessible, inclusive, and community-embedded. SLT is a small charity with income under £250k and in stable financial position. We celebrated our 20th anniversary of being founded in 2024 and are described by our participants as a "lifeline".
- Website
- https://www.slt.org.uk/
- Telephone
- 07800894819
- Location
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Office 1
The Jean Stokes Community Centre
Carnoustie Drive
Islington
London
N1 0DX
United Kingdom
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