Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

FRIENDS OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY

Registered charity 211236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the Friends of Tewkesbury Abbey is to assist in maintaining the fabric of the Abbey, and adorning it and preserving it, together with its furnishings, vestments and ornaments, for posterity.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£562k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £98,393, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of not less than £200,000. Total funds increased to £1,192,445, driven largely by a significant rise in donations and legacies to £539,804. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £98k; policy: not less than £200,000)
“At the year end, free reserves were below this level.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£98k
Reserves (reported)
£385k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~47.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£562k£98k
31/12/2024£44k£99k
31/12/2023£57k£102k
31/12/2022£58k£177k
31/12/2021£85k£150k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £98,393, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of not less than £200,000. Total funds increased to £1,192,445, driven largely by a significant rise in donations and legacies to £539,804. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PILGRIM TRUST1£30k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION1£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY WITH WALTON CARDIFF1£288
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PARKSTONE SAINT PETER AND SAINT OSMUND WITH BRANKSEA SAINT MARY1£100
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS1£20

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY£562k—0below—no doubt
THE TEWKESBURY ABBEY FOUNDATION FY2024£105kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
ABBEY LAWN TRUST FY2025£253k—0within—no doubt
FRIENDS OF SHERBORNE ABBEY FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF MALVERN PRIORY FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ABINGDON ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST FY2024£187k—0unclear—no doubt

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