Douai Abbey Parishes Trust

Analysis

Douai Abbey Parishes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Douai Abbey Parishes Trust reported income of £900k and spending of £1.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £676k to £900k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Douai Abbey Parishes Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abbey Access Centre (£900k), B: Rap Ltd (£902k) and The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield) (£900k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, charitable activities 19%, investments 14% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £54k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.