CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Registered charity 220594 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A sister was deputy at a school, retired Sept 10 but helping there voluntarily. Help is given to parishes. Rooms are available to organisations that provide services to the general public and for religious meetings and discussion groups.Accommodation to students studying provides income to the charity. This is free for foreign priests. Worship open to the public each day in the chapel.

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Latest income

£187k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,241,900, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern. The charity holds a reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, a level the trustees confirm has been maintained throughout the year. Financial health is supported by significant investment assets and a net increase in funds for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £5.2m)

“It is the policy of the Trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

SISTER Annick Edwards
SISTER JENNIFER BEAR
SISTER Marie Claude Levasseur

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£187k	£209k
31/07/2024	£183k	£218k
31/07/2023	£178k	£180k
31/07/2022	£166k	£138k
31/07/2021	£140k	£143k

Common questions

Is CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,241,900, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern. The charity holds a reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure, a level the trustees confirm has been maintained throughout the year. Financial health is supported by significant investment assets and a net increase in funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO.

SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO income £2.7m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF RUSCOMBE AND TWYFORD income £188k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, RUSTHALL income £217k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN income £251k
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Immaculate Virgin, EAP income £1.3m
SISTERS HOSPITALLERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CIO income £8.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS	£187k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO FY2025	£2.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF RUSCOMBE AND TWYFORD FY2024	£188k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, RUSTHALL FY2024	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025	£251k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Immaculate Virgin, EAP FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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