THE CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF PITY

Registered charity 233237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHNS CONVENT

The care of priests who have to retire from full-time ministry and also catering for priests and religious brothers and sisters who need time to make a retreat, rest after missionary work or post-operative care or rest.Help is extended to all people in need and special attention is given to the care of the homeless, families in need and orphans.

Objects

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARIBABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON IN ENGLAND OR WALES BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR SHALL FORM TIME TO THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~90.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sister Linda Veronica Thomsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Bernadette Fisher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Justine Mary Smith
• Right Rev Dom David Cuthbert Brogan OSB
• Urs Ernst Schwarzenbach
• V Rev Canon David Hopgood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending