About us

About us

The Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund support nurses and midwives in need of financial help.

The Queen Mother
The Queen Mother at the “Nurses’ Memorial to King Edward VII. 1962”.
Photo reproduced with the kind permission of Nursing Times.

Our history

The charity was established in 1890 by policyholders of The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses in memory of one of its founders, Mr Junius Spencer Morgan.

Since the charity’s inception we have made thousands of grants to members of the nursing profession to help them when they have needed it the most.

What we do

We provide financial support to UK registered and retired nurses, midwives and nursing associates.

We are a charity helping people at no cost to them. The grants awarded are gifts and are not asked to be paid back.

The charity appreciates any donation, however small. All our administrative costs are borne by the Burdett Trust for Nursing which means that 100% of donations reach nurses in need.

“I am writing with deepest thanks to say what a difference the grant has made, I'm so very pleased. I am able to not worry about some pressing and basic needs and this has made all the difference.” Rachel, 2024

Our trustees

The Junius S. Morgan Benevolent Fund is governed by a board of voluntary trustees. The trustees direct the funding policy of the charity and make all grant decisions. All our administrative costs are borne by the Burdett Trust for Nursing which means that 100% of donations reach nurses in need.

Alan Gibbs

Alan Gibbs

Chairman of Trustees

Alan Gibbs was on the Council of the RNPFN from 1996 until its sale to Liverpool Victoria in 2001 and has been the Chairman of the Burdett Trust for Nursing since its inception.

His great-grandfather, Henry Hucks Gibbs, was one of the original sponsors of RNPFN in 1887. Alan graduated from Oxford in 1974 and worked for Flemings for 17 years before pursuing his own interests in the Far Eastern investment markets. He was a school governor for over 10 years.

Andrew Martin-Smith

Andrew Martin-Smith

Trustee

Andrew Martin Smith has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry and currently works on private equity related matters with Guinness Asset Management.

He is Chairman of Parmenion Capital Management and a Director of other investment related companies including Church House Trust PLC, Runciman Investments, and Atlantis Japan Growth and M&G High Income investment trusts. Andrew is a trustee of several family and charitable organisations and a school governor.

Andrew Gibbs

Andrew Gibbs

Trustee

Andrew Gibbs joined Broad Street Asset Management in April 2019 as Chief Investment Officer. He has 30 years investment management experience focused on Asian, Emerging market and global equities for major global institutions in Asia, America and Europe. Over his career he has managed long only equity mandates, hedge funds, investment trusts, unit trusts, pension funds and multi asset portfolios.

He is a trustee of family trusts and a member of the stakeholder advisory board of CRISEA, a European Research Council research project on South East Asia. A keen skier, cricketer and pianist, he has 3 children and lives in London.

Clare Cable

Clare Cable

Chief Executive

Clare is a strategic nurse leader with significant expertise in charity governance, finance and policy. A children’s nurse by background, Clare has had a long career in healthcare quality improvement before stepping into the third sector. For the last decade Clare was Chief Executive of the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) and has focussed her energies in creating safe and brave spaces where nurses can discover themselves and connect with a new sense of agency, by understanding what they need to flourish. She is a Florence Nightingale Foundation Leadership Scholar, an Honorary Professor of Nursing at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and a Visiting Professor, at the University of the Highlands and Islands.

Her vision is to unleash the creativity of nurses to be catalysts for positive change and powerful advocates for the health of people, place and planet.

“I just wanted to extend my thanks to all in the team and tell you how grateful I am for this I really am, this will make a huge difference.” Emma, 2024