The Friends of Dorchester Abbey

Analysis

The Friends of Dorchester Abbey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of Dorchester Abbey reported income of £33k and spending of £30k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £46k to £33k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Friends of Dorchester Abbey sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The10thday.com (£33k), Restoration Church (£33k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Birkby (£33k).