LES FILLES DE LA CROIX

Registered charity 232014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOODLEY KNOWLE CONVENT AND SCHOOL

The education and formation of Religious Sisters, by care and pastoral work in Roman Catholic parishes in Torquay, and Falmouth and by its other charitable works, as well as by the provision of teaching and pastoral care.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £389,195 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by significant gains from the disposal of fixed assets. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6,617,859, which exceeds the stated policy target of £520,000 (representing 12 months of ongoing expenditure net of pension income). The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~138.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (61% 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sister Ellen Foskin SISTER PERPETUAchair
• SISTER BENIGNUS · trustee of 1 other charity
• SISTER BERNADETTE CUNNINGHAM
• SISTER DAMIAN
• SISTER JULIAN
• SISTER ROSE

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO.

• SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO income £1.6m
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
• THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF ROUEN income £19k
• THE RELIGIOUS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION income £134k
• THE DAUGHTERS OF JESUS CIO income £571k
• SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

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