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{{short description|'''Neocatechumenal Catholic seminary in Marylebone that sent a seminarian on mission to "the Holy Land (Israel)"'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Redemptoris Mater House of Formation
| type = Charitable company
| registration_id = Registered charity 1047443; company 02965770
| founded = 1995-06-22 (registered)
| headquarters = St. Edwards Convent, 11 Harewood Avenue, London, NW1 6LD
| area_served = Throughout England, Israel
| key_people = [[Lorenzo Andreini]] (chair)
| revenue = £221,582 (year to 2025-08-31)
}}

'''[[Redemptoris Mater House of Formation]]''' is a charitable company (02965770) registered on 22 June 1995; register areas are England and Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> It forms men for the Roman Catholic priesthood "for the new evangelisation" for the [[Archdiocese of Westminster]] and abroad, renting St Edward's Convent, 11 Harewood Avenue, London NW1 6LD; its rector is [[Lorenzo Andreini]] (chair), and the other directors are [[Michael James Anderson]], [[Terence Fergal Martin]], [[John Francis Green]], [[Christopher Horsburgh|Robert Christopher Horsburgh]] and [[John David Hayward]] (PDF p.3–4).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1047443/accounts-and-annual-returns Redemptoris Mater House of Formation (1047443): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref><ref name="EXTRACT" /> In the year to 31 August 2025 income was £221,582 (donations £169,397, legacies £49,067) and expenditure £229,241; 11 seminarians came from Europe and America (PDF p.4, 6).<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR TO FORM YOUNG MEN AND ADULTS TO THE PRESBYTERATE FOR THE NEW EVANGELIZATION AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH A HOUSE OF FORMATION"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The charity runs a House of Formation to train missionary priests for the Diocese of Westminster. It also supports pastoral activities carried out in the UK and abroad by the students in formation, by the staff and by the priests who have been ordained: evangelisation, catechesis, liturgical ministry, assistance to families, to elderly and housebound, hospital chaplaincy, etc."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Trustees ==
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of Redemptoris Mater House of Formation (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Michael James Anderson]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Terence Fergal Martin]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[John Francis Green]] || 2011-09-05 ||  || —
|-
| [[Christopher Horsburgh]] || 2015-07-09 ||  || —
|-
| [[John David Hayward]] || 2015-07-09 ||  || [[Charles Plater Trust]] (309719)
|-
| [[Lorenzo Andreini]] || 2015-09-01 || Yes || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2011-09-27 || [[Fr Francesco]]; [[Michael James Anderson]]; [[Peter John Wallach]]; [[Terence Fergal Martin]]; [[John Green]]; [[Anthony Matthew Cook]] || <ref name="uc25fb928">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042819/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1047443&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1047443, contact and trustees (capture of 20110927)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-01-17 || [[Peter John Wallach]]; [[Anthony Matthew Cook]] (from 11 July 2011); [[Lorenzo Andreini]] (chair) (from 01 September 2015); [[Christopher Horsburgh]] (from 09 July 2015); [[John Francis Green]] (from 05 September 2011); [[Terence Fergal Martin]]; [[John David Hayward]] (from 09 July 2015); [[Michael James Anderson]] || <ref name="u594fe1f4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210117044736/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1047443/full-print Register entry 1047443, full print (capture of 20210117)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

John David Hayward is also a register trustee of the [[Charles Plater Trust]] (309719).<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Companies House records Lorenzo Andreini as an Italian national (see below).

=== Companies House officers ===
Companies House lists 22 current and former officers of the charitable company (02965770), 7 of them active.<ref name="udfbf6496">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02965770/officers Company 02965770: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-08-31 || £137,050 || £149,064
|-
| 2022-08-31 || £214,717 || £174,745
|-
| 2023-08-31 || £175,081 || £176,600
|-
| 2024-08-31 || £273,122 || £215,096
|-
| 2025-08-31 || £221,582 || £229,241
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Archived accounts ===
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the [[UK Government Web Archive]]:
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2006<ref name="u3703a84f">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042809/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20060831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2006-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110927).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2007<ref name="u602e4887">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042829/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20070831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2007-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110927).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2008<ref name="ue9d85c97">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042824/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20080831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2008-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110927).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2009<ref name="u88334a38">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042807/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20090831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2009-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110927).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2010<ref name="u971e0a65">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110927042756/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_ac_20100831_e_c.pdf Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2010-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110927).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2014<ref name="u804671b1">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106041425/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20140831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2014-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2015<ref name="u2142e956">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106040308/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20150831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2015-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2016<ref name="u88458e34">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106040324/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20160831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2016-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2017<ref name="u43ae1db3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106035624/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20170831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2017-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2018<ref name="u36ef1c86">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106035621/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20180831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2018-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2019<ref name="uecb76e5d">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200703102653/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends43/0001047443_AC_20190831_E_C.PDF Redemptoris Mater House of Formation accounts, year ended 2019-08-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200703).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* Three seminarians were on "itinerancy" missionary teams in FY2025: "one in the North-West of England, one in Cyprus, one in the Holy Land (Israel)"; direct expenditure includes travel for students on missionary work abroad, but no amount for Israel is given (PDF p.5).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
No partner is named.<ref name="ACC" />

== Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
! Finding !! Confidence
|-
| The seminarian's mission is placed only in "the Holy Land (Israel)"; no town is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />

== Controversies and regulatory action ==
* No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;<ref name="ALERTS">[[Charity Commission]], ''Register of Charities'', charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 25 batch-12 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status – "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" for 22 charities, "Removed charity" for Mifal Tzedukas and Keren Yaacov Limited, and "Charity reporting is up to date (256 days late)" for Friends of Eidah Chareidis Orthodox Council of Jerusalem.</ref> it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</ref> The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements] ''GOV.UK'', 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
* '''Board changes.''' The accounts name Ian Maguire as secretary and record the resignations of directors Anthony Matthew Cook (July 2025) and Peter John Wallach (April 2026) (PDF p.3);<ref name="ACC" /> Companies House shows Maguire resigning and Sara Angela Barion being appointed secretary on 7 July 2026 (see Companies House officers below).

== Other registers and records ==
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register Scottish Charity Register download] ''OSCR'', export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-12 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names: Madrasatul Imam Mohammad Zakariya and Harris Kaufman Trust).</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Alyn&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-12 charity names returned zero results).</ref>

=== The Gazette ===
Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u2e02fafd">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Redemptoris%20Mater The Gazette: notices matching 'Redemptoris Mater'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="uec30a766">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1047443/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1047443] ''360Giving'', queried 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Sanctions screening ===
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-12 screening covered 390 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived accounts (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the six charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (Millage Limited, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (United Kingdom) Limited and Ezer Bekovoid Limited), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Foundation", "Society", "International") and surname-only coincidences (Green, Anderson, Weiss, Frank, Grace, Friedman, Fox, Ward); lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>

=== Land and property ===
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ Search for land and property information] ''GOV.UK'', accessed October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
* No fixed assets; the charity rents St Edward's Convent, 11 Harewood Avenue, London NW1 6LD – Accounts (PDF p.4, 14) (source: <ref name="ACC" />)
* the basement, ground floor, first floor and second floor, being part of St Edward's Convent, 11 Harewood Avenue, London (NW1 6LD) (title NGL984035, leasehold; proprietor added 07/12/2018) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 02965770 (proprietor "REDEMPTORIS MATER" HOUSE OF FORMATION); the accounts say the premises are rented (source: <ref name="CCOD" />)

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Redemptoris Mater House of Formation", "Redemptoris Mater" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Redemptoris%20Mater%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Redemptoris Mater"] ''Hansard'', queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>

== Web archive ==

The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived [[Charity Commission]] register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u594fe1f4" />

== See also ==

== External links ==
* No current official website.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Catholic Clergy]]
[[Category:Religious charities in England]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Charities]]