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SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY

Registered charity 233108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support the religious and other charitable works carried out by the members of the Sisters of the Holy Family including Social & Pastoral Work and Overseas MInistry in West Africa - Senegal, Ivory Coast, North Africa ÔÇô Egypt, Middle East ÔÇô Lebanon, South America ÔÇô Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Asia ÔÇô Philippines, India.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£838k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £28.0m, with £7.6m held as general funds, which is above the trustees' target of two to three years' expenditure. The charity reports a net income of £1.34m for the year, driven by significant investment gains, while total expenditure remained stable at £1.13m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two to three years' expenditure (held: £28.0m)
“The balance of Unrestricted or General Funds stood at over £7.6m which represents a little in excess of seven years’ expenditure. This is above the Trustees’ normal target range of holding around two to three years’ expenditure in reserve.” — page 28
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The document states trustees are members of the Congregation and their living costs are borne by the charity, but no specific monetary amount for trustee remuneration is disclosed in the notes (Note 8 states living costs are borne by the Charity, Note 7 states key management personnel remuneration was nil).
“The living costs of the four Trustees are therefore borne by the Charity.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Richard Place Dobson. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£838k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£90k
Reserves (reported)
£7.7m
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~81.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · India · Ireland · Philippines · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£838k£1.1m
31/12/2023£1.7m£1.2m
31/12/2022£750k£985k
31/12/2021£1.0m£882k
31/12/2020£683k£1.6m

Common questions

Is SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased to £28.0m, with £7.6m held as general funds, which is above the trustees' target of two to three years' expenditure. The charity reports a net income of £1.34m for the year, driven by significant investment gains, while total expenditure remained stable at £1.13m. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Richard Place Dobson.

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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, TOOTING GRAVENEY1£21k
THORNTON HEATH EVANGELICAL CHURCH1£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE1£11k
BEESTON FREE CHURCH NOTTINGHAM1£10k
FIELDSDENE TRUST1£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING1£8k
ST PETER'S CHARITY1£6k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY£838k—0above—no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX FY2024£1.5m—0within—no doubt
THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH (GOOD SHEPHERD PROVINCE) FY2024£260k—0unclear—no doubt
SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CIO FY2025£2.7m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF PEACE CIO FY2025£2.1m——above—no doubt
FMDM FOUNDATION CIO FY2024£5.2m——unclear—no doubt

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