RELIGIOUS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX CIO

Registered charity 1187768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion through the religious and other charitable work of the Institute as the trustees with the approval of the Superior General shall from time to time think fit

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION THROUGH THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased significantly to £13,115,818, which the trustees deem appropriate and hope will increase further to meet their policy target. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Walsh O’Brien Harnett. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~127.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sister Ana Maria Alcalde de Arribachair
• Sister Geni dos Santos Camargo
• Sister Georgine Gafutshi Mufogoto
• Sister Ichchampulle Arachchilage Jesmin Fernando
• Sister Moretlo Veronica Rapitso

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

Operates in: Argentina · Belgium · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Canada · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · France · India · Ireland · Italy

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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