Daughters of Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Paul of the Cross

Analysis

Daughters of Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Paul of the Cross is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Daughters of Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Paul of the Cross reported income of £74k and spending of £110k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £121k to £74k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Daughters of Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Paul of the Cross sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Bushey Girl Guide Company (£74k), Hamakom (£74k) and First Church of Christ Scientist Claygate and Esher (£74k).

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.