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CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF THE MOST HOLY AND IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY (OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE)

Registered charity 223318 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OBLATES (OMI)

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Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £26,091,180, with unrestricted reserves standing at £25,980,015. The trustees consider these unrestricted reserves to be adequate and in line with their policy, noting that income from fundraising and investment returns is sufficient to fund the charity on an ongoing basis.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £0 - £10,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No staff member is receipt of a salary in excess of £35,000.” — page 15
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: adequate but not excessive (held: £26.0m)
“The trustees believe that the unrestricted reserves of the charity are adequate but not excessive and in line with its policy.” — page 13
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.6m£2.2m
31/12/2023£2.0m£2.2m
31/12/2022£1.9m£1.8m
31/12/2021£2.6m£1.9m
31/12/2020£1.9m£1.6m

Common questions

Is CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF THE MOST HOLY AND IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY (OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE) financially healthy?

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £26,091,180, with unrestricted reserves standing at £25,980,015. The trustees consider these unrestricted reserves to be adequate and in line with their policy, noting that income from fundraising and investment returns is sufficient to fund the charity on an ongoing basis. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CONGREGATION OF THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF THE MOST HOLY AND IMMACULATE VIRGIN MARY (OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE) earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £0 - £10,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/09/2000£235k"St Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Leith - Restoration"