FMDM FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1199520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity aims to support the religious and other charitable activities of the Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood. These activities are in healthcare, social work, pastoral care and education and the Sisters work in England, and the Congregation's overseas missions in Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Objects

(1) SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK CARRIED ON BY OR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CONGREGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION RESIDING IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA); AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLDWIDE FRANCISCAN MISSION TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONGREGATION’S CHARISM,IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL LEADER SHALL FROM TIMETO TIME THINK FIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £675,035 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by net investment gains of £4,123,393 which offset a net expenditure on activities of £3,448,358. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £102.4 million, with the trustees considering free reserves to be adequate but not excessive against a policy target of approximately four months' expenditure.

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.

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 handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (12 freehold); recorded price paid £3.8m. 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 ~95.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (51% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER JOHN ILEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Georgina Anne Hovey
• John Anthony Herring
• John Barrington Quin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julian James Hills · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Margaret Gayler
• Lynda Clarke Donaldson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Arthur White
• SISTER HELEN TERESA DOYLE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sr Helena McEvilly · trustee of 2 other charities
• Thomas David Horton

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

Operates in: Australia · Ireland · Malaysia · Nigeria · Singapore · Throughout England · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY UK CIO.

• FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF MARY UK CIO income £2.4m
• SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY income £838k
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
• THE BRITISH ISLES PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF SISTERS OF CHARITY OF JESUS AND MARY income £2.8m
• SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO income £2.7m
• DAUGHTERS OF MARY AND JOSEPH CONGREGATION FUND CIO income £245k

Side by side with its peers

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