TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Registered charity 327357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE UNION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, PBVM, PRESENTATION SISTERS

The Charity's activities centre around educational, social and pastoral work in addition to supporting the work of the Sisters overseas in areas of greatest need associated with the under privileged, the vulnerable and the deprived. Such activities spring from the original purpose of the Congregation which was to bring good news to the poor.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.8m

Latest spending

£4.0m

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £575,106 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a net investment loss of £429,375 and a net expenditure on charitable activities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £1.58 million, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of six to twelve months' annual expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 per annum (including benefits) during the year” — page 69

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned between £70,000 and £80,000 per annum (including benefits) during the year” — page 69

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to twelve months' annual expenditure (held: £1.6m)

“The Trustees consider that, given the nature of the charity’s work, the level of free reserves should be approximately six to twelve months’ annual expenditure, to provide for contingencies and unevenness in future income.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“We draw attention to the principal accounting policies on pages 57 and 58 which state that the trustees of The English Province of the Union of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Charitable Trust have prepared the accounts on a basis other than going concern. This is due to the trustees’ decision to transfer of all activities, assets and liabilities of the unincorporated charity to a newly formed Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 31 March 2026.” — page 51

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

CQC provider record: The Presentation Sisters — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 28/01/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£3.8m

Total spending

£4.0m

Cost of raising funds

£63k

Reserves (reported)

£13.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~41.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SISTER ELEANOR O'GORMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
SISTER Mary Murphy
Sister Bernadette Healy
Sister Janette Brown
Sister Mary Deane
Sister Susan Richert · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Manchester City · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Warwickshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.8m	£4.0m
31/03/2024	£3.2m	£3.8m
31/03/2023	£3.4m	£3.4m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£3.3m
31/03/2021	£3.4m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £575,106 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a net investment loss of £429,375 and a net expenditure on charitable activities. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £1.58 million, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of six to twelve months' annual expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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 ENGLISH REGION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY AND JOSEPH CIO	1	£86k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.

TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS income £1.7m
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX income £1.5m
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS income £295k
CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS CIO income £1.2m
THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH OF ANNECY income £1.2m
DAUGHTERS OF MARY AND JOSEPH CONGREGATION FUND CIO income £245k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRUST PROPERTY HELD ICW THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	£3.8m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	within	—	not going concern
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
TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF BORDEAUX FY2024	£1.5m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS FY2025	£295k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CONGREGATION OF OUR LADY OF THE MISSIONS CIO FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF THE SISTERS OF SAINT JOSEPH OF ANNECY FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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