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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 3
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT AT ALTON ABBEY

To enable the Community to live a monastic life according to the rule of St Benedict and provide a retreat guesthouse
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£106£157£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£176£188£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£122£133£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£150£152£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£187£153£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£196£142£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£459£138£321n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£240£139£101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£202£165£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£247£202£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£150£244£-94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£302£234£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£165£190£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£191£176£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£173£180£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£203£149£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£153£216£-63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£190£162£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£138£198£-60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

www.altonabbey.com

bursar@altonabbey.com

01237474406

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DOM ANDREW EDMOND ST GILES JOHNSON OSB
  • DOM ANSELM SHOBROOK OSB Appointed: 2014
  • DOM ANTHONY WITHERSPOON Appointed: 2018
  • DOM TIMOTHY BAVIN OSB Appointed: 2014
  • DAVID NIGEL PRICE (Chair)
  • REV JONATHAN EDWARD EVANS Appointed: 2022
  • THE RT REVD DOM GILES HILL OSB
  • THE REVEREND CANON TIMOTHY DAVID PIKE Appointed: 2022
  • TIMOTHY PATRICK ABRAHAM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/04/1964, number: 229216
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Highfield
Green Lane
Appledore
Bideford
EX39 1QZ

Objectives

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT AND THE MAINTENANCE OF DESTITUTE AND INFIRM MERCHANT SEAMEN HOUSED AT THE ABBEY ALTON HAMPSHIRE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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