Shaftesbury Abbey and Museum Preservation Trust Company Limited

Analysis

Shaftesbury Abbey and Museum Preservation Trust Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01964697). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Shaftesbury Abbey and Museum Preservation Trust Company Limited reported income of £88k and spending of £83k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £71k to £88k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shaftesbury Abbey and Museum Preservation Trust Company Limited sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Diocese of Ely Religious Educational Trust (£88k), Wellfield Church (£88k) and Majesty Christian Centre (£88k).