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The Society of the Little Flower

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1123034KentReligion
Income£16k2025-12-31
Spending£24ksame year
Spent / received185%5-year average
Size in its cause29th pctReligion
Registered2008Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Society of the Little Flower is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06453716). It says it provides other finance and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Society of the Little Flower reported income of £16k and spending of £24k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £16k (-99%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 185% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Society of the Little Flower sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Apostolic Church, Grace Tabernacle International (£16k), Salisbury Street Pastors (£16k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Peace and Love Assembly (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£400k£801k£1.2m£1.6m2021 Income: £1,173,6222021 Spending: £916,88320212022 Income: £744,7772022 Spending: £1,020,10420222023 Income: £167,8102023 Spending: £408,03020232024 Income: £48,0172024 Spending: £1,601,30620242025 Income: £15,9412025 Spending: £24,2562025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The general objects of the Charity are the advancement of the Roman Catholic Religion, by means of the establishment or furtherance of any charitable works carried on by, or under the control or supervision of members of the Order of Carmelites, and by means of the provision of scholarships and bursaries for the education and training of priests and/or members of the said Order.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Christ Apostolic Church, Grace Tabernacle InternationalIlford£16k
Salisbury Street PastorsSalisbury£16k
Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Peace and Love AssemblyRochester£16k
St Catherine's Trust for Traditional Catholic EducationLondon£16k