Friends of the Monastere Saint-Benoit

Analysis

Friends of the Monastere Saint-Benoit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of the Monastere Saint-Benoit reported income of £36k and spending of £34k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £118k to £36k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Friends of the Monastere Saint-Benoit sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lighthouse Church (Teign Estuary) (£36k), The Friends of Solesmes (£36k) and Woodford Spiritualist Church (£36k).