Abbey Chapel

Analysis

Abbey Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tavistock. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Abbey Chapel reported income of £25k and spending of £20k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £23k to £25k (+8.7%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Abbey Chapel 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 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shattered Lives (£25k), The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust (£25k) and Ghana Methodist Church,UK (£25k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.