THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO

Registered charity 1179085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARIST FATHERS

The advancement of the Roman Catholic religion through parish - based ministries, educational support, spiritual guidance, missionary work and specific grant making projects. The Trustees also provide support and life-long care and maintenance for those Fathers in retirement from full-time active ministry.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £4,110,297 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet operational challenges and the increasing care needs of its aging members. Total income was £789,181 against total expenditure of £884,013, resulting in a net movement in funds of £149,548 largely driven by investment gains. The charity maintains a designated retirement reserve of £6.7 million to support its members through to the end of their natural lives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2023) to "above" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £350k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~209.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (60% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev DESMOND HANRAHAN SMchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• REV PETER CORCORAN SM
• Rev Alan Stephen Williams sm · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rev IVAN DAVORIN VODOPIVEC SM
• Rev KEVIN LEO DUFFY SM
• Rev Thomas Martin McAnaney sm

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

Operates in: City Of London · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA.

• THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
• SOCIETY OF MARY REPARATRIX income £149k
• CHARITY FOR ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (BRITISH REGION) income £2.2m
• CHARITY FOR ST JOSEPH'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY (GENERALATE) income £3.3m
• MARIAN FATHERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £843k
• MATER ECCLESIAE CIO income £354k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.