THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF ST. JOSEPH

Registered charity 1135474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Roman Catholic charity working in a number of countries and witnessing to Gospel values through our charitable works primarily among the poor, vulnerable and marginalised. We care for anyone in need believing that all people are equal and that we are called to express our love of God through our service to those in need.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources for the year were £3,323,899, significantly boosted by a £2,230,353 surplus on the sale of Drywood House. Total resources expended were £1,543,179, resulting in a net movement in funds of £1,993,193 and total reserves of £6,564,091. The Trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07010772

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sister Anne Moore — Congregational Leader (source)
• Sister Margaret Nyabongoye — Assistant Congregational Leader (source)
• Sister Annjentrix — Bursar (source)
• Sister Frances Slater — Secretary General (source)
• Sister Brenda Makokha — Councillor (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

• MURUNDU, Ann Jentrix, Sister — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• SLATER, Frances, Sister — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• MAKOKHA, Brenda, Sister — director, appointed 18/06/2017on trustee list
• NYABONGOYE, Margaret, Sister — director, appointed 18/06/2017on trustee list
• MOORE, Anne — director, appointed 24/06/2011on trustee list
• MURUNDU, Ann Jentrix, Sister — secretary, appointed 09/10/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £330k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (70% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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).

• Franciscan Convent Blackburn: Good (10/03/2020) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SISTER ANNE MOORE
• SISTER BRENDA MAKOKHA
• Sister Ann Jentrix Murundu
• Sister Frances Slater
• Sister Margaret Buyaki Nyabongoye

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Ecuador · Ireland · Kenya · Lancashire · Manchester City · Netherlands · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Sefton · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITY FOR ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (GENERALATE).

• CHARITY FOR ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (GENERALATE) income £3.3m
• CHARITY FOR ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (BRITISH REGION) income £2.2m
• FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY UK CIO income £2.4m
• THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF PEACE CIO income £2.1m
• THE COMMUNITY OF ST FRANCIS income £252k
• THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CIO income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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