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Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1178995LondonDisability
Income£1.5m2025-12-31
Spending£6.1msame year
Spent / received34%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctDisability
Registered2018Charitable company
Employees2latest return

Analysis

Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10851948). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £6.1m, spending 396% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20.3m to £1.5m (-92%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 5162%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The McPin Foundation (£1.5m), Jigsaw4u Limited (£1.5m) and Nottingham Mencap (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 60% and donations and legacies 29%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Income and spending

£0£11.1m£22.2m£33.3m£44.4m2021 Income: £20,326,6012021 Spending: £1,414,57620212022 Income: £6,502,3392022 Spending: £5,559,95620222023 Income: £844,7182023 Spending: £4,932,31020232024 Income: £44,448,9122024 Spending: £6,979,89220242025 Income: £1,535,9562025 Spending: £6,076,8902025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 29%
  • Investments 60%
  • Other 11%

In the charity's own words

To advance the Christian religion through the social and charitable work carried on by the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion in England and throughout the world in accordance with the mission and charism of its founder Father Theodore Ratisbonne and to provide for the members of the Congregation during their lives.

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