St Athanasius Monastery

Analysis

St Athanasius Monastery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whitley Bay. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, St Athanasius Monastery reported income of £753k and spending of £160k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £481k to £753k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Athanasius Monastery sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Work Avenue Foundation (£753k), Tools for Self Reliance (£754k) and Yetev Lev London Jerusalem Trust (£753k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, investments 8.3% and trading 7.2%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 100%.