THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGE

Registered charity 1068661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS

Sisters pastoral work; visiting the sick, the housebound and offering spiritual support. Supporting Daughters of the Cross of Liege ministries in 9 countries The charity runs Holy Cross Hospital, a hospital providing neuro-rehabilitation and long-term care for neurologically impaired people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18.4m for the year, primarily driven by exceptional grants totaling £20m, which were funded by the sale of a property in the previous year. Excluding these exceptional payments, the charity generated a surplus, and its free reserves of £10.5m remain above the stated policy target of £8.5m. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they become due.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03492921

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• O'BRIEN, Maureen, Sister — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
• MCGINN, Mary Catherine, Sister — director, appointed 21/11/2012on trustee list
• KELLY, Anne — director, appointed 30/05/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

21 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £185k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liege — Registered, 7 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 12/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Holy Cross Hospital: Outstanding (26/06/2017) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sister Kathleen O'Reillychair
• SISTER ANNE KELLY
• Sister Mary Catherine McGinn
• Sister Maureen O'Brien

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Ireland · Lancashire · Merton · Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO.

• SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO income £1.6m
• SISTERS OF THE CROSS AND PASSION CIO income £18.4m
• COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS income £408k
• COMMUNITY OF ST MARY AT THE CROSS income £2.7m
• CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS INTERNATIONAL income £461k
• CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CIO income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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