LEE ABBEY FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 1094097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEE ABBEY LEE ABBEY DEVON

Promoting the renewal and growth of the Church through mission, evangelism teaching and training by means of a Christian Community which includes the running of holidays, conferences and camps. To reach children and young people both churched and un-churched through the operation of The Beacon Youth and Outdoor Activity Centre.

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Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £2,452,812 in cash and free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 14.14 months of expenditure against a policy target of three months. The trustees report a solid financial position with unrestricted funds increasing, and the auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: House fees (56% of income)

“The House fees were £1,535,193 representing 56% of our total incoming resources”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months planned expenditure (held: £2.5m)

“Lee Abbey Fellowship seeks to maintain liquid unrestricted funds at the level of at least three months planned expenditure” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lee Abbey Fellowship (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Sam Cappleman — Executive Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.2m

Cost of raising funds

£60k

Reserves (reported)

£2.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter James Harwoodchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Adrian Christopher Male
Julia Laurel Claire Hocking
Kairen Smith
Rachel Oates
Rev Andrew Wooding Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£2.8m	£2.2m
30/04/2024	£2.5m	£2.1m
30/04/2023	£2.4m	£2.0m
30/04/2022	£1.7m	£1.6m
30/04/2021	£692k	£1.1m

Common questions

Is LEE ABBEY FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £2,452,812 in cash and free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 14.14 months of expenditure against a policy target of three months. The trustees report a solid financial position with unrestricted funds increasing, and the auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£635k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	1	£2k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEE ABBEY MOVEMENT.

THE LEE ABBEY MOVEMENT income £5.4m
LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB income £2.6m
ABBEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
THE ABBEY SUTTON COURTENAY LIMITED income £120k
NETLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £186k
ABBEY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH income £293k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEE ABBEY FELLOWSHIP	£2.8m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LEE ABBEY MOVEMENT FY2025	£5.4m	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB FY2025	£2.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
ABBEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ABBEY SUTTON COURTENAY LIMITED FY2024	£120k	—	below	—	no doubt
NETLEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.