Registered charity · Carnforth
Trustees of the Charity of the Bernardine Sisters
Trustees of the Charity of the Bernardine Sisters is a registered charity (number 241743) based in Carnforth, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Sister Helena Marguerite Jackson since 2022. Latest income £573k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as The Bernardine Sisters (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £573k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Lancashire
- Website
- www.bernardine.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£573k£698k
- 2024£504k£565k
- 2023£459k£684k
Earlier years
- 2022£343k£593k
- 2021£442k£532k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCIETY AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERIOR SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE SOCIETY SHALL CEASE TO EXIST THEN FOR SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.
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
- Sister Helena Marguerite Jackson Chair since 2022
- Jane Frances Utting since 2022
- Sister Catherine Boyle since 2000
- Sister Colette Anne Jordan since 2012
- Sister Maria Angela Whisstock since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Sister Catherine Boyle since 2000
- Sister Colette Anne Jordan since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Sister Helena Marguerite Jackson Chair since 2022
- Jane Frances Utting since 2022
- Sister Catherine Boyle since 2000
- Sister Colette Anne Jordan since 2012
- Sister Maria Angela Whisstock since 2022
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
76.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 241743
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 11TH DECEMBER 1964.AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 14 MAY 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01524732684 · bernardinesengland@yahoo.co.uk
- 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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