ASCOT PRIORY

Registered charity 217425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOCIETY OF THE HOLY TRINITY OF ASCOT, LATE OF DEVONPORT

The objects are the furtherance of the religious and other charitable purposes of the Church of England in particular in accordance with the doctrines commonly known as Anglo-Catholic. The buildings at Ascot Priory are available to Church and other Christian groups as a retreat house and conference centre. The Priory Church also is a focus of worship and prayer throughout the liturgical year.

Objects

(1)THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN PARTICULAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES COMMONLY KNOWN AS ANGLO-CATHOLIC, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT (2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM BY RELIEVING THEIR SUFFERING AND ASSISTING THEIR RECOVERY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £529,747 exceed the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £170,000 (six months' running costs). However, the trustees note a risk that if the property is not sold, maintenance costs could deplete these unrestricted funds. The charity is self-supporting and not dependent on fundraising, with total expenditure of £292,887 covered by investment and rental income.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John David Sebastian Booth CVOchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr TONY ALBERT TROWLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• RIGHT REVEREND JONATHAN MARK RICHARD BAKER · trustee of 8 other charities
• Rev GEORGE DERRICK WESTHAVER
• Rev PETER ANTHONY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASCOT LIFE CHURCH.

• ASCOT LIFE CHURCH income £327k
• ASHFORD BAPTIST CHURCH, KENT income £174k
• Sketty Community Church income £51k
• ANOINTED APOSTOLIC CHURCH income £43k
• CHURCH ESTATE income £39k
• THE ANTIOCH COMMUNITY TRUST income £165k

Side by side with its peers

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