Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO scores 86 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 76% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

The register data used for this profile lists Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO as a registered charity (charity number 1185348). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1185348&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

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Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO scores 86 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: sharp income decline). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 76% of Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 24% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 25% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO. Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 14 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO reported £18m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-08). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's registered contact address is in Leeds (LS29 9BW). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Botswana, Australia, Vietnam, with a focus on poverty relief.

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 14 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO reported £18m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £6.1m (33%), trading and fundraising events £5.9m (32%), donations and legacies £5.3m (29%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.6m.

The register does not record Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO was entered on the register on 17 September 2019.

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Sisters of the Cross and Passion CIO's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.