THE CONGREGATION OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR - ENGLISH PROVINCE

Registered charity 234434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LITTLE SISTER OF THE POOR

CARE OF AGED POOR OF BOTH SEXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONGREGATION.

Objects

CARE OF AGED POOR OF BOTH SEXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONGREGATION

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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £6,309,000, driven by a decrease in total income to £14,477,000 and increased expenditure of £20,786,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,008,000, which is below the stated policy target of between £4,202,500 and £8,411,000. The trustees remain confident the charity will continue as a going concern due to support from donations, legacies, and the international Congregation.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/12/2022, 54 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

CQC provider record: Little Sisters of the Poor — Registered, 9 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 10/03/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Elizabeth McGough
• The Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor Trustee Company

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Bristol City · France · Hackney · Lambeth · Lancashire · Leeds City · Manchester City · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONGREGATION OF ST MARY OF THE ANGELS.

• CONGREGATION OF ST MARY OF THE ANGELS income £262k
• THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF NAZARETH CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.9m
• GENERATIONS CHURCH income £151k
• PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GRACE CONGREGATION income £111k
• POOR'S ALLOTMENT OR LING HEATH CHARITY income £30k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF SISTERS OF THE SACRED NAME OF JESUS income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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