THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST GENERAL PURPOSES CIO

Registered charity 1173961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST GENERAL PURPOSES CIO, COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST GENERAL PURPOSES TRUST, CSJB CIO

Today's charitable work, through prayer and finance, will still lean towards women and children's needs. In addition, the Apostolic Mission finds expression, according to the gifts and opportunities of the Sisters, in furthering the kingdom of heaven on earth by works of mercy and mission.

Objects

***NB the change is very small. In the third line the words "in the" are replaced with "and the"***THE SUPPORT OF THE SISTERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST AND THE PROVISION OF ACTS OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPIRITUAL HOSPITALITY, PUBLIC RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND OTHER DEVOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, CHRISTIAN TEACHING, SPIRITUAL COUNSELLING AND PRAYER;THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS, CONGREGATIONS AND CHURCHES IN THE PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, EDUCATION AND WITNESS; WITH PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER MATERIAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT; ANDCOOPERATION WITH AND SUPPORT OF OTHER AGENCIES HAVING SIMILAR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TEACHING, ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH.

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 · Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,794,645, which the trustees consider adequate for their purpose, including the lifetime care of remaining sisters. The charity is in a 'spend-out' situation with plans to end within four years, transferring assets to supported charities. Despite a net expenditure loss of £1,368,737 due to investment losses and grant payments, the charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue for the next four years.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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 30/06/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~116.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (52% 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: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL WOTHERSPOON
• Dr BARRY LYNCH
• Rev LISTER TONGE
• Rev MARY EDITH BRITT
• Rev PETER VINEY

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE.

• SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE income £5.7m
• SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO income £2.7m
• SISTERS OF THE CROSS AND PASSION CIO income £18.4m
• CHURCH SOCIETY income £301k
• GRACE BAPTIST MISSION CIO income £1.9m
• COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN income £123k

Side by side with its peers

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