Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin

Analysis

Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.9m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.6m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Immaculate Virgin 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kenneth Copeland Ministries (£1.6m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Ledbury (£1.7m) and The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67% and investments 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,250. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £345k. Reserves of £891k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.