Lee Abbey Household Communities

Analysis

Lee Abbey Household Communities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03137720). It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lee Abbey Household Communities reported income of £45k and spending of £61k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £73k to £45k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lee Abbey Household Communities sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Congregation of the Presentation of Mary of Castelgandolfo (£45k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Winning Faith Chapel (£45k) and Muslim Association for Spirituality and Engagement (£45k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.