LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY CONGREGATION CIO

Registered charity 1161450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY GENERALATE, LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY GENERALATE CIO

To apply the trust property either as capital or income for the advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion in any part of the world, by such lawful charitable means in keeping with the aims of the Generalate Community of the Congregation of The ministries of the Congregation are expressed in the provision of health, aged care and welfare facilities/services.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION THROUGH THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE CONGREGATION AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL LEADER SHALL THINK FIT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased significantly to £3,020,449, driven largely by the transfer of the Mary Potter Heritage Centre assets. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £801,017, which the Trustees consider adequate and appropriate given the need for financial flexibility to support Congregational regions. The financial position is described as healthy with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SISTER ELLEN MASEVE
• SISTER ESTHER MYONG SOON SHIN
• SISTER MONICA WHELAN

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

Operates in: Australia · Ireland · Italy · New Zealand · Philippines · South Africa · South Korea · Throughout England · Tonga · United States · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MATER ECCLESIAE CIO.

• MATER ECCLESIAE CIO income £354k
• SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO income £2.7m
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS income £1.7m
• CONGREGATION OF SERVANTS OF MARY (LONDON) income £1.4m
• THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY (BRITISH PROVINCE) income £2.7m
• DAUGHTERS OF MARY AND JOSEPH CONGREGATION FUND CIO income £245k

Side by side with its peers

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