Trust Property Held in Connection with Brother Servants of the Blessed Virgin Servite Fathers

Analysis

Trust Property Held in Connection with Brother Servants of the Blessed Virgin Servite Fathers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Trust Property Held in Connection with Brother Servants of the Blessed Virgin Servite Fathers reported income of £843k and spending of £868k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £843k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 24%. 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, Trust Property Held in Connection with Brother Servants of the Blessed Virgin Servite Fathers sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haringey Law Centre (£842k), St Paul's Centre (£844k) and The Resolution Trust (£842k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, trading 25% and investments 17%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 56 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.