Caldey Abbey

Analysis

Caldey Abbey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tenby. It was registered in January 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Caldey Abbey reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £306k to £1.3m (+321%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Caldey Abbey sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redemptorist Publications (£1.3m), The Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication (£1.3m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mildred's, Lee, Diocese of Southwark (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 43%, donations and legacies 43%, charitable activities 10% and investments 3.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £502k. Charitable activities took 34% of spending and raising funds 58%. Reserves of £956k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.