MARIA HOLLAND AND ST JOSEPH'S CHARITY

Registered charity 223547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT

Investment of funds, grants made only for the benefit of persons resident in Preston.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH) OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO (OR WHOSE PARENTS) ARE RESIDENT IN PRESTON AND HAVE AT ANY TIME ATTENDED (AS A PUPIL) AT A SCHOOL IN PRESTON, WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO ORPHANS, AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 2) TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED THE AGE OF 25 YEARS RESIDENT IN PRESTON WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE. 3) TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN PRESTON WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM

Area of benefit: COUNTY BOROUGH OF PRESTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£189k
Latest spending
£73k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £286,270, driven by donations from related settlements and investment gains. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains positive net current assets.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£189k£73k
31/12/2023£3k£12k
31/12/2022£3k£11k
31/12/2021£7k£284k
31/12/2020£10k£14k

Common questions

Is MARIA HOLLAND AND ST JOSEPH'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £286,270, driven by donations from related settlements and investment gains. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains positive net current assets. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PPC TRUST1£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARY POTTER CONVENT HOSPITAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARIA HOLLAND AND ST JOSEPH'S CHARITY£189k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARY POTTER CONVENT HOSPITAL TRUST FY2025£185k—0above—no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026£130k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN EAST PRESTON WITH KINGSTON FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRESTON MUSLIM CULTURAL CENTRE FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOSEPH AND FRANCES CLARK TRUST FY2025£197k—0below—no doubt

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