LONDON ORATORY CHARITY

Registered charity 240702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Roman Catholic religion

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Latest income

£2.2m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £13,081,301, equivalent to approximately 9 years' unrestricted expenditure, with a net profit of £452,313 before investment gains. The charity maintains substantial investment assets to support its long-term operation and ongoing commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies (30% of income)

“Legacies totalled £654,021 (2023: £141,485).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity was gifted £56,727 from profits of Blemell House Limited. At the year-end, Blemell House Limited owed £13,042 to the Charity.

“During the year, the Charity was gifted £56,727 (2023: £49,779) from profits of Blemell House Limited. At the year-end, Blemell House Limited owed £13,042 (2023 - £13,042) to the Charity).” — page 28

“Rev Rupert McHardy and Rev Julian Large, trustees of this charity, are trustees of W Faber Counselling. £5.600 was paid to W Faber Counselling in the year (2023:- £3,800).” — page 28

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees Rev Rupert McHardy and Rev Julian Large are trustees of W Faber Counselling. £5,600 was paid to W Faber Counselling.

“During the year, the Charity was gifted £56,727 (2023: £49,779) from profits of Blemell House Limited. At the year-end, Blemell House Limited owed £13,042 (2023 - £13,042) to the Charity).” — page 28

“Rev Rupert McHardy and Rev Julian Large, trustees of this charity, are trustees of W Faber Counselling. £5.600 was paid to W Faber Counselling in the year (2023:- £3,800).” — page 28

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Blemell House Limited

“The Charity had established a trading subsidiary, Blemell House Limited, which was incorporated on 6 January 2012 and took over the charity’s trading activities including the Oratory’s shop, car parking and magazine sales.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Fr Julian Large — Provost (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.2m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£175k

Reserves (reported)

£322k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev JULIAN PETER LARGEchair
Rev Jacopo Richard Tabarelli
Rev RUPERT MCHARDY
Rev Russell Joseph Rodrigues
Rev UWE MICHAEL LANG · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.2m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£2.2m	£1.7m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.4m
31/12/2020	£1.3m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is LONDON ORATORY CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £13,081,301, equivalent to approximately 9 years' unrestricted expenditure, with a net profit of £452,313 before investment gains. The charity maintains substantial investment assets to support its long-term operation and ongoing commitments. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE STONYHURST FOUNDATION	1	£4.4m
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£898k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT	1	£194k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£91k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORATORY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION.

THE ORATORY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION income £10.9m
ST THOMAS JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH LONDON income £216k
FRIENDS OF THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL income £789k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes income £136k
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK income £655k
STONYHURST income £25.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON ORATORY CHARITY	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ORATORY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£10.9m	£140,001 - £150,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST THOMAS JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH LONDON FY2024	£216k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE LONDON ORATORY SCHOOL FY2025	£789k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA LONDON UK FY2024	£655k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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