ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER

Registered charity 252041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REDEMPTORISTS, THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER · also registered in Scotland as SC039359 (OSCR)

Summarised in Trust Deed''The Charitable purposes which advance religious and other charitable work for the time being carriedon by orunder the direction of the Society as the Trustees with the approval of the Superior shall from time to time think fit''. Current activities:Care Parish/Communities,Retreat Centre,Missions,Homeless Centre,Prison/Hospital Chapl., Publish/distr. Christian literature

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Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1.55m while total expenditure remained consistent at £1.80m, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The Trustees report that general unrestricted funds stand at £6.95m, which they consider adequate to cover twelve months of expenditure despite the ongoing deficit trend.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate to carry out this policy (held: £7.0m)

“The Trustees have set the level of these reserves after undertaking a thorough assessment of the Charity needs and feel that the level of free unrestricted reserves, those not being included in the property or sick and retired reserves, which stand at £6,951,126 are adequate to carry out this policy.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Redemptorist Publications, Ace of Clubs (Clapham) Limited

“The Charity is related to Redemptorist Publications (a Charity limited by guarantee) and Ace of Clubs (Clapham) Limited (a Charity limited by guarantee) by virtue of common Trustees.” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£29k

Reserves (reported)

£7.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~46.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Very Rev Fr Richard Reid CSsRchair · trustee of 3 other charities
REV TIMOTHY BUCKLEY CSSR · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev ANDREW BURNS CSSR · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Denis McBride · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Elias Gweme CSSR

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Hampshire · Lambeth · Liverpool City · Scotland · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.8m
31/12/2022	£3.9m	£2.3m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.4m
31/12/2020	£833k	£1.2m

Common questions

Is ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1.55m while total expenditure remained consistent at £1.80m, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The Trustees report that general unrestricted funds stand at £6.95m, which they consider adequate to cover twelve months of expenditure despite the ongoing deficit trend. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER as a grant recipient include REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Rev Denis McBride — trustee here and at REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS
Very Rev Fr Richard Reid CSsR — trustee here and at REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS	FY2022	£107k	Charitable donations to support the Province’s sick and elderly confreres, priestly formation, and outreach work in Zimbabwe (Caritas in Harare and Mavambo Orph

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS.

REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS income £1.4m
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO income £354k
CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION (THE VINCENTIAN FATHERS) income £323k
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS income £1.7m
RCCG - CITY OF REDEMPTION PARISH income £163k
CHARITIES FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY TRINITY income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER	£1.6m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REDEMPTORIST PUBLICATIONS FY2024	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
MATER ECCLESIAE CIO FY2025	£354k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION (THE VINCENTIAN FATHERS) FY2024	£323k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FY2025	£1.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
RCCG - CITY OF REDEMPTION PARISH FY2025	£163k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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