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CONGREGATION OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY

Registered charity 234252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES

Delivering high quality services to people with learning difficulties. Striving for the highest possible human dignity in their service, being willing to function within a social framework to be recognised by the authorities and finding final motivation in the gospel.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£34.2m
Latest spending
£36.0m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,284k for the year ended 31 March 2024, driven by a loss on fixed asset revaluation and province grants. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £19.3m exceeded the stated policy target of £14.6m, indicating a strong liquidity position despite the overall deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' operational costs for Regional Services and six months' operational costs for the Charity nationally (held: £19.3m)
“The combined target level of reserves under the above reserves policy is £14.6m and the actual free reserves (representing general unrestricted funds excluding tangible and intangible fixed assets and pension liability) at 31 March 2024 is £19.3m.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Accountancy services from Champion Accountants
“Champion Accountants is a company in which Stephen Robinson (Trustee from 23 August 2021 to 11 July 2023) is an employee and a director of certain group companies. During the period in the year he was a Trustee Brothers of Charity Services in the United Kingdom have been charged £nil (2023: £24,600) for accountancy and associated services.” — page 54
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Brothers of Charity Services — Deregistered, 11 registered locations, last inspected 16/06/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£34.2m
Total spending
£36.0m
Reserves (reported)
£19.8m
Employees
1,053

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34.2m£36.0m
31/03/2024£31.1m£33.3m
31/03/2023£28.7m£30.1m
31/03/2022£27.2m£26.0m
31/03/2021£25.1m£23.2m

Common questions

Is CONGREGATION OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,284k for the year ended 31 March 2024, driven by a loss on fixed asset revaluation and province grants. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves of £19.3m exceeded the stated policy target of £14.6m, indicating a strong liquidity position despite the overall deficit. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England01/09/2025£15kHappy Wheels
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2011£4kASPIRE - Art And Wellbeing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2006£2k'open house' retirement club
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2004£3kSpeakers and equipment

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CONGREGATION OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY£34.2m——above—no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY FY2025£3.8m£70,001 - £80,0001within—not going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT LOUIS CIO FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
ALEXIAN BROTHERS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE SACRED HEART FY2024£241k—0within—no doubt
CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS CIO FY2024£1.2m—0within—no doubt

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