The Abbey Manor Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Abbey Manor Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Abbey Manor Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £3,455, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6 to £10k (+168183%), an average of +540% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 9897%. Over the whole period it spent 263% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Abbey Manor Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Giving Back Crawley (£10k), Christ Apostolic Mission Church (Joy of Salvation) (£10k) and LA Kpee (£10k).