The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul

Analysis

The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul reported income of £67k and spending of £316k, spending 475% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £4.7m to £67k (-99%), an average of -66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 558% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Akwaaba Foundation (£67k), Burdens' Charitable Foundation (£67k) and Mumo Creative (£67k).

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.