DOMINICAN SISTERS (THIRD ORDER) CONGREGATION OF NEWCASTLE NATAL (ESTABLISHED AT BUSHEY HEATH, HERTS)

Registered charity 233236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As listed in Trustee's Report.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £68,976,000, with a designated continuity fund of £64,957,000 aligned with investment assets. The trustees report that investment income is the primary source of funding, covering charitable expenditure with a small net deficit before investment gains. The charity maintains sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations for at least one year, supported by cash reserves and realizable investment holdings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received employee benefits in the band £60,000 to £70,000 in the year (2024: £60,000 to £70,000 - one).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received employee benefits in the band £60,000 to £70,000 in the year (2024: £60,000 to £70,000 - one).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Investments (77% of income)
“In 2025 at £2.0m (2024: £1.9m) this represented 77% of income (2024: 74%).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: income generated for a year, taking one year with another, meets the cost of charitable expenditure (held: £69.0m)
“The Trustee's overall objective for reserves is to seek to maintain them at such a level that, excluding gains or losses on investments and translation, the income generated for a year, taking one year with another, meets the cost of charitable expenditure to support the Charity’s aims.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£125k
Reserves (reported)
£69.0m
Employees
3

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (77% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Italy · Oxfordshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.7m£2.7m
31/12/2024£2.5m£2.6m
31/12/2023£2.5m£2.2m
31/12/2022£2.3m£2.1m
31/12/2021£2.1m£1.9m

Common questions

Is DOMINICAN SISTERS (THIRD ORDER) CONGREGATION OF NEWCASTLE NATAL (ESTABLISHED AT BUSHEY HEATH, HERTS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £68,976,000, with a designated continuity fund of £64,957,000 aligned with investment assets. The trustees report that investment income is the primary source of funding, covering charitable expenditure with a small net deficit before investment gains. The charity maintains sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations for at least one year, supported by cash reserves and realizable investment holdings. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of DOMINICAN SISTERS (THIRD ORDER) CONGREGATION OF NEWCASTLE NATAL (ESTABLISHED AT BUSHEY HEATH, HERTS) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOMINICAN SISTERS (THIRD ORDER) CONGREGATION OF NEWCASTLE NATAL (ESTABLISHED AT BUSHEY HEATH, HERTS)£2.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
DOMINICAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS CIO FY2024£340k—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025£220k—0above—no doubt
THE JOSEPH AND FRANCES CLARK TRUST FY2025£197k—0below—no doubt
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS FY2025£295k—0unclear—no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£124k—0unclear—no doubt

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