The Prinknash Abbey Charities

Analysis

The Prinknash Abbey Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in April 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Prinknash Abbey Charities reported income of £932k and spending of £932k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £778k to £932k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Prinknash Abbey Charities sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asos Foundation (£931k), Hope Church, Ipswich (£932k) and Kahal Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok (£931k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76% and donations and legacies 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £195k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.7m would cover about 35 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

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.