Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Otherwise Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco

Analysis

Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Otherwise Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1967, 59 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Otherwise Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco reported income of £792k and spending of £1.7m, spending 216% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £870k to £792k (-8.9%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Institute of Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, Otherwise Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Detention Action (£792k), Community Life Trust (£793k) and The Newcastle Central and East Circuit of the Methodist Church (£790k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and investments 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £982. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £4.9m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.