ST MILDRED'S ABBEY, MINSTER, KENT

Registered charity 232635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the work of the charity is to support the work of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world. As Benedicitnes the main purpose of our lives is to seek to be open to God, this means giving open hearted welcome to all those who come to our monastebringing contact with a whole range of the worlds experience. 1. hospitality 2. thorugh our prayer and liturgy3. care of ancient buildings.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY THE COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Thanet, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,325,186, which the trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of 12 to 18 months of expenditure. The charity reported a surplus for the financial year of £423,407, driven largely by a significant increase in donations and gains on investment revaluations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further attention in understanding the accounts.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Reported reserves equal ~97.0 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

• Received assets from another charity (24/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MOTHER PRIORESS NIKOLA PROKSCH OSBchair
• SISTER Benedict Gaughan OSB
• SISTER Kathleen Caton OSB
• Sr Walburga Lisa Paget

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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• LAUNDE ABBEY TRUST income £1.7m
• BENFLEET METHODIST CHURCH income £351k
• Anglican International Development Ltd income £373k
• ST MICHAEL'S CENTRE (BISHOP'S CLEEVE) income £50k
• AFFINITY MISSIONS income £61k
• CHILTERN CHURCH income £276k

Side by side with its peers

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