Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition CIO

Analysis

Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition CIO reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.8m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.0m (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition CIO sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 The Clocktower Foundation (£3.0m), Spitalfields Crypt Trust (£3.0m) and Muntada Aid (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 83% and investments 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £15k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.

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.