Lee Abbey Fellowship

Analysis

Lee Abbey Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04428897). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lee Abbey Fellowship reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.2m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £692k to £2.8m (+300%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lee Abbey Fellowship sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertford Gospel Hall Trust (£2.8m), Ashburnham Christian Trust (£2.8m) and Marist Sisters Generalate CIO (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, donations and legacies 24%, trading 3.4% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £241k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 64 people.