THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE FATHERS)

Registered charity 233302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA, THE WHITE FATHERS

The promotion of the religious and human development of the people of Africa; promotion of missionary vocation throughout the world; funding the recruiting and training of missionaries; missionary animation through our magazine & appeals in parishes; promotion of JPIC issues; the fostering of inter-religious encounter & dialogue; the care in retirement and/or sickness of our returned missionaries.

Objects

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,180,984 from £1,407,960 in the prior year, primarily due to a drop in legacy income. Total expenditure also fell to £1,190,552, resulting in a net movement in funds of £60,150. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stand at £4.3 million and consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Williams Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~125.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FR BRIAN DENIS STARKEY MAFR
• FR CHRISTOPHER JOHN WALLBANK M AFR
• Rev Charles Obanya Ouma

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

Operates in: Ealing · Liverpool City · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISSIONARY SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF AFRICA CIO.

• MISSIONARY SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF AFRICA CIO income £236k
• MOMBASA MISSION income £83k
• THE SONS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS income £1.1m
• PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES income £5.5m
• ANGLICAN MISSIONERS OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION TRUST income £37k
• AFRICAN MISSION income £34k

Side by side with its peers

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