The Community of St Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Established at Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire

Analysis

The Community of St Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Established at Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Community of St Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Established at Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire reported income of £872k and spending of £1.2m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £483k to £872k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Community of St Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of St Benedict Established at Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Al-Huda Academy (£871k), St Thomas Crookes (£874k) and Trans World Radio Limited (£870k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, investments 30%, charitable activities 14% and trading 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £183k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 32 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 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.