Lay Community of St Benedict

Analysis

Lay Community of St Benedict is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04838564). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lay Community of St Benedict reported income of £89k and spending of £110k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £37k to £89k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lay Community of St Benedict sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Hindu Temple and Community Centre Project (£89k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Minehead (£89k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ the King Battyeford (£89k).