Abbey Church CIO

Analysis

Abbey Church CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in July 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Abbey Church CIO reported income of £175k and spending of £120k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £120k to £175k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Abbey Church CIO sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Denys, Warminster (£175k), York Evangelical Church (£175k) and The Overcomers Christian Fellowship International Plymouth (£175k).