THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE ORDER OF OULTON ABBEY NEAR STONE, STAFFS

Registered charity 230096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OULTON ABBEY, OUR LADY & ST BENEDICT'S NURSING HOME

The object of then Charity is the advancement of religious, educational or other charitable works.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £190,791 for the year, driven largely by a £268,328 loan interest charge. Per the trustees' report, the current level of reserves is less than ideal, and the financial statements disclose a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to a proposed post-year-end restructuring involving the transfer of the care home and debt write-off.

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: £77k; policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)

“The current level of reserves is less than ideal.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed

“These events and conditions, along with other matters set out in Note 1, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee overlap with Buckfast Abbey Trust

“The Right Reverend Dom David Charlesworth is a Trustee of Oulton Abbey and is the Chair of Trustee's of The Buckfast Abbey Trust. Mr Philip Arkwright is a Trustee of Oulton Abbey and is the Chief Executive Officer of The Buckfast Abbey Trust.” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

CQC provider record: The English Benedictine Order of Oulton Abbey near Stone, Staffs — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 06/09/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.4m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

100

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Oulton Abbey Residential & Nursing Home: Good (20/09/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Right Rev David Roger Charlesworth OSBchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dame Mary Peter Smith
Elias Baroudi
Philip Arkwright · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Simon Stevens
The Rev Dom Thomas Regan

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.3m	£3.4m
31/03/2024	£2.9m	£3.4m
31/03/2023	£2.6m	£3.0m
31/03/2022	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/03/2021	£2.8m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE ORDER OF OULTON ABBEY NEAR STONE, STAFFS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £190,791 for the year, driven largely by a £268,328 loan interest charge. Per the trustees' report, the current level of reserves is less than ideal, and the financial statements disclose a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to a proposed post-year-end restructuring involving the transfer of the care home and debt write-off. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.

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
ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHT	1	£255k
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA	1	£133k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST BENEDICT'S CENTRE.

ST BENEDICT'S CENTRE income £162k
THE ENGLISH DOMINICAN CONGREGATION (STONE) CHARITABLE FUND income £13.4m
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA income £238k
ST MARY'S ABBEY, QUARR income £1.6m
THE PRINKNASH ABBEY CHARITIES income £932k
THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE CONGREGATION TRUST income £406k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ENGLISH BENEDICTINE ORDER OF OULTON ABBEY NEAR STONE, STAFFS	£3.3m	—	0	below	—	material uncertainty
ST BENEDICT'S CENTRE FY2025	£162k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH DOMINICAN CONGREGATION (STONE) CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£13.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION OF ST. BENEDICT OF NURSIA FY2024	£238k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S ABBEY, QUARR FY2024	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRINKNASH ABBEY CHARITIES FY2025	£932k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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