**Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Charitable Trust** **Annual Report and Statement of Account** 31 December 2025 Charity Registration Number 243214 2 ## **Contents** |**Reports**|| |---|---| |Legal and administrative information|1| |Trustees’ report|2| |Independent examiner’s report|4| |**Accounts**|| |Receipts and payments account|5| |Statement of assets and liabilities|6| Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Charitable Trust ## **Legal and administrative information** |**Trustees**|Grace June Ralph| |---|---| ||Yeong Ja Song| ||Isabella Cushnan| ||Emily Acena Castillo (Resigned 03.06.25)| ||Mi Kyeong Hwang (Appointed 03.06.25)| |**Principal office**|30 Aberdeen Park| ||Highbury| ||London| ||N5 2BL| |**Charity registration number**|243214| |**Independent Examiner**|JCS Accountants Ltd| ||5 Robin Hood Lane| ||Sutton| ||Surrey SM1 2SW| |**Bankers**|Coutts & Co| ||440 Strand| ||London| ||WC2R OQS| |**Solicitors**|Wedlake Bell LLP| ||71 Queen Victoria Street| ||London| ||EC4V 4AY| Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Charitable Trust 1 **Trustees’ report** 31 December 2025 The trustees present their statutory report together with the accounts of the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres, Charitable Trust for the year ended 31 December 2025. ## **Constitution** The Sisters of St Paul de Chartres is a Roman Catholic religious congregation. The accounts accompanying this report are the accounts of the charitable trust on which the assets of the congregation in England and Wales are held and through which its finances operate. The trust is governed by a trust deed dated 11 May 1965, and is registered under the Charities Act 1993, Charity Registration No. 243214. ## **Principal aims and activities** The aims of the charity are the support of such charitable purposes as to advance the religious and other charitable work for the time being carried on by, or under the direction of, the congregation. ## **Organisation** The trustees who held office during the year and at the date of this report are shown on page 1. The trustees are appointed by the Superior of the congregation in England and Wales. ## **Sister Superior’s review of the work and achievements of the congregation during the year including public benefit** The trustees have had regard to the public benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. During the past year, 2025 we continued to fulfil our apostolate in the Parish of St Joan of Arc, Highbury, as well as in the broader area of Islington. As our work is beneficial to a wide range of people, we are pleased to have been able to continue with all our previous activities. Some members of our congregation are advanced in age or have health problems, yet they are still very active in the pastoral ministry. We continue to offer our services to the best of our ability and capacity. The work in the parish takes on many forms, such as singing in the choir, preparation for all liturgical services as well as helping with the general care of the church. Visits to the sick and housebound are undertaken on a regular basis as more and more people are becoming infirm and housebound. The sisters have offered spiritual, material and financial help to the poor of the parish through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Contributions to the food bank have increased as more and more people are struggling to feed their families. The sisters also give global assistance to the poor through CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development). One of our sisters also serves as a volunteer Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Charitable Trust 2 Trnsttts, repwt 31 December 2025 Sister SuperiTrr's revlew fjf the ￿Ork *ehi¢vemeJbts of th¢ ¢owgreg#tiDD durlnR ihe ye*r in¢ludAttg poblie beDefii l¢ootiTruedl with the Pas5ag¢, which is a day ecthre in V￿¢¢￿1a which offcrs help aryl SUp￿rt to the home]￿ and Lk5tituie. The sist¢f5 also offer spiiitt￿l Buidance to tlx)s¢ in need through dy¢r. Iistrning ￿ their Concen￿ there for tlKrn to thFk to. Faithfthl to our ¢)Ti¥in5 &S Ponsh 5iSt¢r& we a]so rekn services and SUP￿)rt to those $i5ter5 who visit fo PUf5U¢ COUW5C5 here in Engla￿] throu￿￿ ihe ye4r. Wc ar¢ iJeli8hied io bc able io Continue our committnent lo the K(Ke4n ¢omrnunity in New Malden. On¢ of our sisier5 is available fiv¢ days a w￿k artd ts thc coordinator for 811 Ihe pansh aciivitie5. Her contrd¢i wtll end in January 2026 and wc are h￿Ing ihal th¢ Province of Seol South Korea will ￿loW 5jSter io ¢om¢ ￿ ¢ontimK this work Thjs is a unique aposts)laic and one that is much apprtti*ed by the Korc4n communiry hcre in IA)ndon. FlnaDd*l report for the ye*r A sumrnary of th¢ year's rxeipts al￿ FAyments ¥c(rtLnt can be found on pa8¢ 5 of th¢ irtaehed accounts. TIK ￿ateMen1 of assets and liabililR¢s olihc cl4rity is i)n pa8e 6. Th¢ ¢h#rily'5 reslYV￿ P)lÈry is thterniincd by thc changin8 neols uf ihc ¥ungrcwdlion and the flwty*inx nawre of its chuitsblc aaivitÈes. The Co￿ld¢y that the ¢urrcnt l¢v¢l of free r¢8erw L8 rewe5tht¢d by ihe clwity'5 mow and invcsthwni ossc15 shown on py 6, is I￿6￿Y lo rnaintsin flexibility for fuTrwc Tvds. The tnLStee5 are Tespwxsible for the prepaAtion of rtterO9 and ￿￿ents atwunts for ¢￿h financial year thj a sta*mrnt of awts and liabilities ai the end of cxh financial year. The In￿ceS have ￿5￿nSibIlity f(Y maintsining ￿ accounting rccord>' which disclvbe with r¢asonable a¢¢uw ai any lTrm¢ the firnn¢ial Wyiiiion of the ¢lwiiy aThJ enable them to ensure ihc finwKial sts1c￿nts comply with charity ￿￿.811110[L lly also have res￿M$ibl1Ity for safeguarding thc assets of the c￿rity takmg rtas¢)nable steps 10 event and fr8t¥J aTKI oilw inrgutaritsc5. Amved by the Tnkn on 18 JuDe 2026. SiRned bthaIf of th¢ tsweu.. Gra¢e June Ralph Sislew5 ofst Paul de (Ikartre5 Charitsbje Trn C.knrit*ble Tr I r¢Ex￿ to the trw*eson rny a￿lti￿lOn of the Ststrrs ofsi Paul de (J)artres Charitsbk Tnjst cbarity) fLY the year eTrled 31 tkcembtt 2025. wbich are Set out on d￿sattd6. and b•iJ •[ report As the ¢lwrity's tr￿￿et5 you we responsible for& wCfV41i￿ of the ¥¢¢ouots in ¥wrdance with the T¢¢wItt￿ of the ch￿111￿ kn 2011 ith¢ Acil. l in of my exsminal1(￿ of the dwi"ty's #cwunts canicd out under 5e¢tion 145 of the 2011 Act aThJ in ￿nying my examination I have followed all the applicable DireaioLs &iven by the CThJrity C(Mnmissi(#) 5ethion 1495Xb} of the Art. 14dtpt•den¢ ex*miner'* sl*itmeTrt I have compl¢knJ my examination. I c(fflfirni that no rna￿121 malltts have corne to my attention in with the examinati￿ 8iving me cause ￿ believe that in any moierial res￿¢1.. ac¢ounlTn8 recw& were n(rt keo in ofts clwity & rLyuira by &LX1ion 130 ofthe ACL or the th) TM)t with thn* recorth. I have rrt>¢oncerrL8 aTrJ have c(xne mitter8 tneffineciinn wilh the exAminatinn io which atlartion 51Mwld ￿ th#wn in this reNKt in order lo enable a woper uThletS¢andin8 of the aecounL8 io ￿ reached. Mmam HicksLm CTA FLA JC.8 Accountanh l. 5 R￿In H￿1 Lanc Surrry SMI 2SW Dale 3 ftwdb* 2026 Si8rer8 of St Paul de Chthres Charitahle Tru81 **Receipts and payments account** Year to 31 December 2025 ||Unrestricted funds|Unrestricted funds| |---|---|---| ||**Total**
**2025**
**£**|Total
2024
£| |**Receipts**
_Donations and similar receipts_
Contribution from other provinces of the
congregation for maintenance of student sisters
and premises
Pensions of individual religious donated to the
charity
Salary of individual religious donated to the charity
General donations
_Interest_
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
_Charitable expenditure_
Support of members of the congregation
.. Grants and donations
.. Premises
.. Sisters’ personal expenses
.. Education, training and spiritual renewal
Management and administration of the charity
.. Legal and professional fees
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
**Balances brought forward**
**at 1 January 2025**
**Balances carried forward**
**at 31 December 2025**|**50,000**
**6,906**
**13,555**
**44,470**
**7,048**|-
6,442
13,555
27,711
10,908| ||**121,979**|58,616| ||**15,229**
**72,194**
**36,433**
**7,779**
**7,426**|-
140,147
24,261
3,088
7,533| ||**139,061**|175,029| ||**(17,082)**
**478,293**|(116,413)
594,706| ||**461,211**|478,293| Sisters of St Paul de Chartres Charitable Trust 5 2024 Cash in haThJ arKI at bonk 31(8SI 337,818 144J74 140.475 Land and buildings at L)JSt Motor vehide at net b￿k 337.234 337,234 337334 337234 Cr•dltOrn thlthln o year LiablAIIès 79,095 The rcccipts aThl payments accouN set out on pa8e 5 for year etkled 31 Deeembu 2025 azkj thc above slaien*nE of and lÈabilitie$ 0131 tkcanber 2025 wereapproved by i Irustees on 18 I￿¢ 2026 and $i￿ed on their behajf by: Grace Ra4)h Trustee Sis*rs of St Paul th Ch3Ttres Cltaritsbje Tn￿ 6