Registered charity (CIO) · North Yorkshire
Society of the Holy Child Jesus CIO
Society of the Holy Child Jesus CIO is a registered charity (number 1177555) based in North Yorkshire, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Sister Monica Anne Matthews Shcj since 2022. Latest income £4.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £4.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sister Monica Anne Matthews ShcjChair · since 2022
- Oyidu Celestina OkworiTrustee · since 2018
- Sister Angela O'ConnorTrustee · since 2018
- Sister Anne StewartTrustee · since 2018
- Sister Carmel MurtaghTrustee · since 2018
- Sister Gifty AbaneTrustee · since 2025
- Sister Helen CostiganeTrustee · since 2022
- Sister Judith LancasterTrustee · since 2020
- Sister Patricia McdonaldTrustee · since 2026
- Sister Susan Jennifer BullenTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Chad, Ghana, Kenya and more
- Website
- www.shcj.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.4m£8.1m
- 2024£4.8m£7.6m
- 2023£14m£7.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£6.7m
- 2021£4.0m£7.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PROVINCE LEADER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Sister Monica Anne Matthews Shcj Chair since 2022
- Oyidu Celestina Okwori since 2018
- Sister Angela O'Connor since 2018
- Sister Anne Stewart since 2018
- Sister Susan Jennifer Bullen since 2018
- Sister Carmel Murtagh since 2018
- Sister Gifty Abane since 2025
- Sister Helen Costigane since 2022
- Sister Judith Lancaster since 2020
- Sister Patricia Mcdonald since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Oyidu Celestina Okwori since 2018
- Sister Angela O'Connor since 2018
- Sister Anne Stewart since 2018
- Sister Susan Jennifer Bullen since 2018
- Sister Carmel Murtagh since 2018
- Sister Judith Lancaster since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Oyidu Celestina Okwori since 2018
- Sister Anne Stewart since 2018
- Sister Gifty Abane since 2025
- Sister Helen Costigane since 2022
- Sister Judith Lancaster since 2020
- Sister Patricia Mcdonald since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Sister Monica Anne Matthews Shcj Chair since 2022
- Sister Angela O'Connor since 2018
- Sister Susan Jennifer Bullen since 2018
- Sister Carmel Murtagh since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
23.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177555
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 14 Mar 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01423244001 · europeanprovince@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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