The Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Cardiff

The Oratory of St. Philip Neri is a religious order of Roman Catholic men who living a life on common are dedicated to education, social welfare and pastoral care of young people, families and the elderly. The Oratory of St. Philip was founded five hundred years ago. The oratory in Cardiff is a new foundation living and working under the authority of the Archbishop of Cardiff.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Cardiff

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £218,584 and spent £383,444.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 109%, from £104,354 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £218,584 in the year to 30 June 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 175% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

7 trustees run the charity.

• Rev Sebastian JonesChairAppointed 29 April 2016
• Bro Illtyd WilliamsAppointed 26 February 2024
• Dr David WoolfAppointed 14 September 2016
• Rev Alexander GeeAppointed 16 July 2020
• Rev ANTON GUZIELAppointed 29 April 2016
• Simon CareAppointed 19 January 2023
• The Very Reverend Ignatius HarrisonAppointed 29 April 2016

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1170563

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

5 December 2016

Governing document

TRUST DEED DATED 01 NOV 2016

Website

www.cardifforatory.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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