The Sisters of Providence (Rosminian)

Analysis

The Sisters of Providence (Rosminian) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sisters of Providence (Rosminian) reported income of £764k and spending of £802k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £461k to £764k (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Sisters of Providence (Rosminian) sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Praise Centre CIO (£763k), Alexis and Anne- Marie Habib Foundation (£764k) and The Florence Institute Trust Limited (£762k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 47%, investments 43% and trading 9.9%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £77k. Reserves of £20.2m would cover about 303 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 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.