TERESA BALL INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FUND

Registered charity 1080521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TBISF

Education.Pastoral work including the relief of poverty and promotion of justice.Promotion of Religion.Maintenance of the members of the Institute in the pursuit of their mission.Other charitable purposes for the benefit of the public.

Objects

FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CONGREGATION BEING THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RELIGIOUS WOMEN KNOWN AS THE INSTITUTE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (LORETO SISTERS) AND IN PARTICULAR:- 1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION 2)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUFFERING 3)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION 4)OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £3,167,211 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains and foreign exchange gains. Total reserves stood at £23,531,687, with unrestricted funds comprising the majority of this balance. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RBK Audit UK Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~118.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annamaria Quinterio
• Estela Grignola
• Helena Kang
• Jennifer Bromham · trustee of 2 other charities
• Pratima Pinto
• Sister Barbara Josephine Murphy
• Sister Hellen Anyango Oluoch
• Sister Jane Frances McDonell
• Sister Mary Wambui Kamotho
• Sister Sarah Mary Alix Dobson
• Veronica Fuhrmann

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

Operates in: Albania · Bangladesh · Germany · India · Ireland · Kenya · Manchester City · Nepal · Peru · Slovakia · South Africa · Sudan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX.

• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
• MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST income £1.0m
• THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS income £295k
• MARIAPOLIS LIMITED income £332k
• SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO income £4.4m
• HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £385k

Side by side with its peers

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