The English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund

Analysis

The English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund reported income of £13.4m and spending of £13.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6.8m to £13.4m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice Limited (£13.3m), Cornwall Hospice Care Limited (£13.4m) and Compton Care Group Limited (£13.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 5.8% and investments 3.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,875. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10k. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 265 people.