The Tewkesbury Abbey Foundation

Analysis

The Tewkesbury Abbey Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tewkesbury. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Tewkesbury Abbey Foundation reported income of £42k and spending of £166k, spending 396% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £54k to £42k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 211% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Tewkesbury Abbey Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goleudy Community Church Criccieth (£42k), Lighthouse Missenden (£42k) and Al-Noor Institute (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.