The Pious Society of the Daughters of St Paul

Analysis

The Pious Society of the Daughters of St Paul is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pious Society of the Daughters of St Paul reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £767k to £1.2m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 798%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Pious Society of the Daughters of St Paul sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Missionaries of Africa (Also Known As the White Fathers) (£1.2m), Ramgarhia Board Leicester & Leicestershire (£1.2m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Tewkesbury Abbey with Walton Cardiff (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, investments 20% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £641k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

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.