LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB

Registered charity 232667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running a students' hostel for students of all nationalities.

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Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an excess of expenditure over income for the year due to exceptional costs, resulting in a net decrease in funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains financial sustainability through resident fees and alternative income sources, with reserves at the end of the year covering approximately 2.3 months of expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Resident fees (79% of income)
“Our principal funding source continues to be our resident fees. Resident fees were £1,944,919, constituting 79% of our activity income” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4.1m; policy: adequate for continued refurbishment and contingencies, monitored via long-term cash flow forecasts (2.3 months of expenditure at year-end))
“At the end of the year, there was approximately 2.3 months (2024 - 4 months) of expenditure in cash. This policy is reviewed annually by the board in conjunction with the preparation of the budget and annual cash flow forecasts.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity is part of a group known as The Lee Abbey Movement and has transactions with other group members. These comprise: Payments to Lee Abbey Movement of £41,000 (2024: £41,000). At 30 April 2025 £973,166 (2024: £1,192,837) was owed to The Lee Abbey Movement. Interest of £69,339 (2024: £74,101) has been charged on the loan at normal commercial terms.
“The charity is part of a group known as The Lee Abbey Movement and has transactions with other group members. These comprise: Payments to Lee Abbey Movement of £41,000 (2024: £41,000). At 30 April 2025 £973,166 (2024: £1,192,837) was owed to The Lee Abbey Movement. Interest of £69,339 (2024: £74,101) has been charged on the loan at normal commercial terms.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£4.1m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~18.0 months of spending — in the top 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£2.6m£2.7m
30/04/2024£2.5m£2.3m
30/04/2023£2.3m£2.0m
30/04/2022£1.1m£1.4m
30/04/2021£880k£1.4m

Common questions

Is LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an excess of expenditure over income for the year due to exceptional costs, resulting in a net decrease in funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains financial sustainability through resident fees and alternative income sources, with reserves at the end of the year covering approximately 2.3 months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

Who funds LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB as a grant recipient include THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£431kRunning a students’ hostel for students of all nationalities
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£93kRunning a students' hostel for students of all nationalities.
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£65kRunning a students' hostel for students of all nationalities.
THE CYRIL TAYLOR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£45kRunning a students' hostel for students of all nationalities.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEE ABBEY FELLOWSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEE ABBEY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' CLUB£2.6m—0below—no doubt
LEE ABBEY FELLOWSHIP FY2025£2.8m—0above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LIMITED FY2025£479k—0above—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt
THE LEE ABBEY MOVEMENT FY2025£5.4mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
HENDERSON HUB COMPANY LIMITED FY2025£112k—0above101302.0%noted

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