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Registered charity · West Sussex

Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes Administered in Connection With the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters (Littlehampton)

Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes Administered in Connection With the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters (Littlehampton) is a registered charity (number 232931) based in West Sussex, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Sister Ann Mclaughlin since 2014. Latest income £2.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as F M S L (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £2.4m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities
Where
Bradford City, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex and more
Website
www.franciscan.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.4m£2.5m
  • 2024£2.8m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.1m£2.3m
  • 2021£1.9m£2.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS (LITTLEHAMPTON) WHICH INCLUDES ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE ORDER SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR SHALL CEASE TO CARRY ON RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF SUCH CONGREGATION THEN FOR SUCH OTHER LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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.

5 trustees on the board

7y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.4m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

55.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 65.2 in 2021

79 from 68 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
232931
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED THE 31ST DECEMBER 1963 AND SCHEME DATED 14TH FEBRUARY 1998
Contact on the register
02075664000 · fmsl@franciscan.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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