SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES

Registered charity 230165 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q59606955 · also known as SOCIETY OF JESUS · also registered in Scotland as SC040490 (OSCR)

PARISH MINISTRY: in parishes & in university chaplaincies SPIRITUALITY: centres, programmes & publications for spiritual education EDUCATION: schools, colleges of higher educationFORMATION: for Jesuits & Catholic clergySOCIAL JUSTICE & RELIEF OF POVERTY: Jesuit Refugee Service & service to the poorCARE OF INFIRM & ELDERLY JESUITS JESUIT WORK OVERSEAS

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH THROUGH THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED OUT BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OR SUPPORTED BY THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PROVINCIAL SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£0

Latest spending

£0

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £15.9m over the 18-month period, but this was offset by significant investment gains of £86.7m, resulting in a net positive movement in funds of £70.8m. Total funds increased to £784m, with unrestricted general funds rising to £7.7m, which the trustees note is slightly above their stated reserves policy target of £6.3m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £200,001 - £210,000

“£200,001 - £210,000 1”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 6 months’ worth of premises costs and 3 months’ worth of administration and other support costs (reserves figure: £7.7m)

“The trustees’ policy is to aim to hold a minimum of 6 months’ worth of premises costs and 3 months’ worth of administration and other support costs, which for the period ended 31 March 2025 equated to £6.3m”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“the trustees of the Society of Jesus Trust of 1929 for Roman Catholic Purposes have prepared the accounts on a basis other than going concern. This is due to the trustees’ decision to transfer all the activities, assets and liabilities of the unincorporated charity to a newly formed Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 1 April 2025.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loans due from Society of Jesus Charitable Trust (1990 Trust).

“It is funded from the 1921 and 1929 Trusts by loans, and the amount due from the 1990 Trust at 31 March is £32,077,447” — page 59

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: St John’s Beaumont Development Company Limited

“The Trust has one wholly owned trading subsidiary, St John’s Beaumont Development Company Limited” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 300
Employees paid over £60,000: 37 (£60,001–£70,000: 9; £70,001–£80,000: 9; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 6; £110,001–£120,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 300
Employees paid over £60,000: 13 (£60,001–£70,000: 4; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2022

Volunteers: 300
Employees paid over £60,000: 13 (£60,001–£70,000: 5; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pray as you go (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (12,405 followers) · instagram (1,133 followers) · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£48.9m

Total spending

£64.8m

Cost of raising funds

£5.8m

Reserves (reported)

£7.7m

Employees

387

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (39% 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: 12.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Peter Gallagherchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Fr Keith Patrick McMillan SJ · trustee of 4 other charities
Rev Arthur Stephen Power SJ
Rev David Smolira SJ
Rev Gerard Mitchell SJ
Rev Nicholas Owen Austin SJ · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Paul Nicholson SJ

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

Operates in: Guyana · Scotland · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£0	£0
31/03/2025	£48.9m	£64.8m
30/09/2023	£28.0m	£40.8m
30/09/2022	£27.3m	£37.7m
30/09/2021	£21.2m	£32.9m

Common questions

Is SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £15.9m over the 18-month period, but this was offset by significant investment gains of £86.7m, resulting in a net positive movement in funds of £70.8m. Total funds increased to £784m, with unrestricted general funds rising to £7.7m, which the trustees note is slightly above their stated reserves policy target of £6.3m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £200,001 - £210,000 band.

Who funds SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES as a grant recipient include THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ENNISMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2024	£14k	Art workshops for vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers
City Bridge Foundation	06/04/2023	£184k	Grant to Jesuits in Britain CIO
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2021	£10k	Refugee Volunteer Befriending Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2019	£10k	JRS Creative Arts Space Project (CAS)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2017	£224k	"Holy Name Church, Oxford Road, Manchester - Repair and Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/02/1999	£6k	"Church of the Sacred Heart, Edinburgh - Nazarene Paintings"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/06/1996	£438k	"The Holy Name of Jesus Church, Manchester - Repairs"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	1	£18k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONGREGATION OF JESUS CHARITABLE TRUST.

CONGREGATION OF JESUS CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.5m
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED MISSION income £487k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS (ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIETAS SANCTAE CRUCIS) income £37k
JESUS HOUSE FOR ALL NATIONS income £4.5m
JESUITS IN BRITAIN CIO income £14.7m
JESUS TOWER OF HOPE MINISTRIES income £107k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES	£0	£200,001 - £210,000	—	above	—	not going concern
CONGREGATION OF JESUS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED MISSION FY2025	£487k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CROSS (ALSO KNOWN AS SOCIETAS SANCTAE CRUCIS) FY2025	£37k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
JESUS HOUSE FOR ALL NATIONS FY2025	£4.5m	£110,001 - £120,000	4	above	—	no doubt
JESUITS IN BRITAIN CIO FY2025	£14.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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