Good Shepherd Sisters GB CIO

Analysis

Good Shepherd Sisters GB CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Good Shepherd Sisters GB CIO reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.5m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.3m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Shepherd Sisters GB CIO sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Patrick's Missionary Society UK (£3.3m), Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund (£3.3m) and The Childhood Trust (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 49%, donations and legacies 28% and charitable activities 8.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £433k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £661k. Reserves of £11.8m would cover about 40 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.