Charities Comprised in Downside Abbey Missions

Analysis

Charities Comprised in Downside Abbey Missions is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Radstock. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charities Comprised in Downside Abbey Missions reported income of £44k and spending of £47k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £149k to £44k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charities Comprised in Downside Abbey Missions 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 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ the Saviour Monastic Trust (£44k), Christ Church Salisbury (£44k) and The Christadelphian Conference (£44k).