CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF SION (UK)

Registered charity 1183036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our work of promoting understanding & reconciliation between different faiths and cultures but especially between Christianity and Judaism is ongoing by attending meetings & also organising such study in Dialogue & Encounter Centre. sisters work in their own parishes. Attend meetings both nationally based and internationally.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY ARE ESTABLISHED ARE SO FAR ONLY AS THE SAME IS LEGALLY CHARITABLE, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE WORK CARRIED ON BY THE CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF SION IN ENGLAND AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARISM OF ITS FOUNDER FATHER THEODORE RATISBONNE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY DURING THEIR LIVES.

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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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted income of £691,367 and unrestricted expenditure of £646,910, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees state that free reserves of £614,021 are below the stated policy target of 24 months' expenditure, but this deficit is funded by the connected charity, Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources due to this support arrangement.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 (0 freehold); recorded price paid £235k. 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 ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sister Anne Elizabeth Bernadette Lee
• Sister Brenda Mary Dorrian
• Sister Maureen Philomena Cusick

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME DE SION LIMITED.

• CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME DE SION LIMITED income £1.5m
• CONGREGATION OF ADEN JEWS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM income £297k
• FUSION UK income £950k
• PRIORY OF OUR LADY CIO income £189k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (OUR SAVIOUR'S PARISH) income £326k
• SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST JEANNE ANTIDE CIO income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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