MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST

Registered charity 1073795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY

The main objectives of the charity are: 1) The relief of poverty. 2) Where applicable, the advancement of religion. 3) The advancement of education. 4) The relief of the old and sick. 5) General charitable work wherever such work is needed throughout the world.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £719,841 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant shift from the net income of £1,088,849 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves in excess of immediate needs are forwarded to Rome, resulting in unrestricted general fund balances decreasing from £2,176,304 to £1,406,463. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea · Iceland · Liverpool City · Merthyr Tydfil · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.0m£1.8m
31/12/2023£2.2m£1.1m
31/12/2022£616k£689k
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2020£847k£1.4m

Common questions

Is MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £719,841 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant shift from the net income of £1,088,849 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves in excess of immediate needs are forwarded to Rome, resulting in unrestricted general fund balances decreasing from £2,176,304 to £1,406,463. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Richard Place Dobson Services Limited.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY IMMACULATE VIRGIN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
INSTITUTE OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY IMMACULATE VIRGIN FY2024£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LITTLE CHARITY FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
NARAYAN SEVA SANSTHAN UK FY2024£534k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCY TO HUMANITY FY2025£6.1m—0unclear—no doubt
KEC CHURCH CENTRE FY2025£209k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.