ST BENEDICT'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1172320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith for the public benefit in particular, but not exclusively, by providing and establishing a training and retreat centre in the area of Malling Abbey for the local community.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING AND ESTABLISHING A TRAINING AND RETREAT CENTRE IN THE AREA OF MALLING ABBEY FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,124,993, a decrease from the restated prior year figure of £1,142,143. The charity reported a net deficit of £778 for the year, with total expenditure of £163,160 slightly exceeding total income of £162,382. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Canon Christopher Dench · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Kathleen Anne Clarke
• Gillian Margaret BROAD
• Matthew Girt
• Peggie Banks
• The Rt Revd Adrian Newman
• The Rt Revd Jonathon Gibbs
• Venerable Michael John Lodge Ven

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA.

• THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA income £238k
• THE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (HUMBERSIDE) LIMITED income £469k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF FAWKHAM AND HARTLEY income £105k
• RYDAL HALL LIMITED income £1.3m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW income £449k
• AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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