Common questions about Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress a good charity? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 90% of its spending goes to charitable activities (2-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.
Is Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress as a registered charity (charity number 232532). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=232532&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.
What is Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's charity number? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's charity number is 232532. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's charity rating? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress scores 79 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.
Does Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: sharp income decline; very high reserves). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 90% of Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's total spending went to charitable activities (2-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.
What are Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 10% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 14% of expenditure (2024–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress receive? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress reported £567k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-20). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress based? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's registered contact address is in London (BR1 3QG). It tells the regulator it operates in Ireland, South Africa, Scotland, with a focus on international aid.
Where does Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's money come from? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress reported £567k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £307k (54%), investments £259k (46%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £25k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress? +
The register records Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's trustees paid? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress: The Institute of the Franciscan Sisters Minoresses of the Third Order, Melton Mowbray, Leics; Trustees of the Franciscan Sisiters -Minoress.
When was Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress registered as a charity? +
Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress was entered on the register on 11 May 1964.
How does CharityCompare score Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress'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.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Trustees of the Franciscan Sisters -Minoress'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.