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THE COMMUNITY OF ST FRANCIS

Registered charity 286615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a group of women living in community under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Our works include hospitality for retreats and other purposes, counselling, spiritual direction, preaching, leading quiet days, participation in missions and both voluntary and part-time paid work for other agencies. The pay supports the work of the community in out different houses.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£252k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £348,761 against total net assets of £2,107,681. The trustees report confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that a large proportion of income is derived from pensions, although this is expected to decrease over time.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Total income
£559k
Total spending
£196k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Leicestershire · South Korea · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£252k£194k
30/06/2024£262k£179k
30/06/2023£559k£196k
30/06/2022£198k£181k
30/06/2021£371k£175k

Common questions

Is THE COMMUNITY OF ST FRANCIS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £348,761 against total net assets of £2,107,681. The trustees report confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, noting that a large proportion of income is derived from pensions, although this is expected to decrease over time. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LITTLE WAY ASSOCIATION1£8k
Third Order, Society of Saint Francis1£4k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BROTHERS OF THE FIRST ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMMUNITY OF ST FRANCIS£252k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BROTHERS OF THE FIRST ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST GENERAL PURPOSES CIO FY2024£234k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF ST. JOSEPH FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL CIO FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CIO FY2024£1.3m—0above—no doubt

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