Dominican Sisters (Third Order) Congregation of Newcastle Natal (Established at Bushey Heath, Herts)

Analysis

Dominican Sisters (Third Order) Congregation of Newcastle Natal (Established at Bushey Heath, Herts) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in April 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. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dominican Sisters (Third Order) Congregation of Newcastle Natal (Established at Bushey Heath, Herts) reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.7m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dominican Sisters (Third Order) Congregation of Newcastle Natal (Established at Bushey Heath, Herts) sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Rock Foundation (£2.7m), Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary (Oblates of Mary Immaculate) (£2.7m) and Ashiana Network (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 77%, donations and legacies 21% and charitable activities 2.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £35k. Reserves of £69.0m would cover about 297 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.