SISTERS OF CHRIST UK DEVELOPMENT FUND CHARITY

Registered charity 1174679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Congregation of the Sisters of Christ is an international Religious Congregation. The ministries of the sisters of the congregation benefit the general public, throughout the world. They work with them in all that promotes the true meaning of life and the value of the human person, in particular in the fields of education, pastoral ministry, health care and social works.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE WORKS FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON PROMOTED OR SUPPORTED BY THE SOCIETY OF THE SISTERS OF CHRIST AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL, THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT IF AT ANY TIME THE SOCIETY SHALL CEASE TO EXIST, OR TO CARRY ON PROMOTE OR SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE WORKS, IT SHALL ADVANCE SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION 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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £5,068,069, supported by investment income of £92,332 and net investment gains of £20,495. The charity reported total expenditure of £71,837, resulting in a net income for the year of £321,887. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SISTER CATHERINE MORTON
• SISTER JOYCE ANN BONE · trustee of 1 other charity
• SISTER xx RAMORAVELO
• Sister PASCALE BOULIOU
• Sister Rogeline Rahenimanantsoa · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Belgium · Cameroon · Chile · France · Italy · Madagascar · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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