FAITHFUL COMPANIONS OF JESUS EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1149637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity works with schools within the trusteeship of the Congregation of the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) to ensure that the schools operate in accordance with the teachings, tenets and practices of the Catholic Church and in accordance with the ethos reflecting the FCJ charism.

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:A) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING ACADEMIES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CONGREGATION;B) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF RESOURCES FOR SUCH PURPOSES INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING MODELS OF GOOD PRACTICE AND BY THE DELIVERY OF SUPPORT SERVICES GENERALLY TO SUCH INSTITUTIONS; ANDC) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CONGREGATION AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT, IF AT ANY TIME THE CONGREGATION SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR SHALL CEASE TO CARRY ON RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE WORK, THEN THE TRUSTEES MAY ADVANCE SUCH OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £7,895 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £18,500. The trustees consider this reserves balance to be within their prudent target band of £15,000–£20,000. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the independent examiner reporting no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SISTER JOSEPHINE YVONNE GRAINGER FCJ
• Sister Brenda Wallace FCJ
• Sister Brigid Halligan FCJ

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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