Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris - Province of Great Britain

Analysis

Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris - Province of Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris - Province of Great Britain reported income of £101k and spending of £312k, spending 308% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £230k to £101k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 2204% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris - Province of Great Britain sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stage Hand (£101k), Air Ambulance Foundation UK (£101k) and The Mother and Child Foundation Limited (£101k).

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.