The Roman Catholic Congregation of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters (Of the Immaculate Conception )(Braintree) Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Roman Catholic Congregation of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters (Of the Immaculate Conception )(Braintree) Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Roman Catholic Congregation of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters (Of the Immaculate Conception )(Braintree) Charitable Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £4.8m, spending 7466% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £225k to £64k (-71%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 2356% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Roman Catholic Congregation of the Missionary Franciscan Sisters (Of the Immaculate Conception )(Braintree) Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carli Lansley Foundation (£64k), Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support (£64k) and Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity (£64k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.