SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO UK

Registered charity 233779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO · also registered in Scotland as SC039294 (OSCR)

The Salesians of Don Bosco UK work for young people through the provision of schools, youth chaplaincies, a residential youth retreat centre, parishes, youth centres and volunteering opportunities for young adults at home and abroad. We use our international links with Salesians working in the developing world to promote international solidarity in our schools, parishes and works.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,710,814 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by significant investment gains of £3,188,318 which offset a net expenditure before gains of £1,477,504. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £70,626,275, with free reserves exceeding the stated policy target of eighteen months' expenditure, indicating a strong financial position despite operational deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Salesians of Don Bosco UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV James Gerard Briody SDB
• Rev Andrew Ebrahim SDB
• Rev Hoang Phuc Tran SDB
• Rev Kevin O'Donnell SDB
• Rev Peter Robert Brealey SDB · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev William John Dickson SDB

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

Operates in: Bolton · Cheshire East · Hampshire · Sefton · Surrey · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS, OTHERWISE SALESIAN SISTERS OF ST JOHN BOSCO.

• INSTITUTE OF DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS, OTHERWISE SALESIAN SISTERS OF ST JOHN BOSCO income £865k
• UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD income £1.0m
• INSTITUTE OF CHARITY income £1.2m
• TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
• Berkshire Youth LTD income £1.4m
• SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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