FRIENDS OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY

Charity number: 211236
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £56,725
Total expenditure: £101,969

People

17 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 September 1962: Standard registration
  • 03 September 2015: Funds received from 288111 THE TEWKESBURY ABBEY FLOODLIGHTING TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

17 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
GRAHAM LESLIE FINCH Chair 06 July 2014
None on record
Nigel Christopher Bennett Trustee 03 July 2022
CHELTENHAM STREET PASTORS
Received: On time
Dr James Bennett Lancelot Trustee 03 July 2022
CATHEDRAL MUSIC TRUST
Received: On time
Dr Nancy Gwendoline Oakes Trustee 04 July 2021
THE BRIGHTSPACE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
Rafael Fernandes-Bellairs Trustee 04 July 2021
None on record
Janet Edith Mary Davis Trustee 04 July 2021
None on record
SUSAN ELIZABETH COULTON Trustee 04 July 2021
None on record
Richard Hugh McMurdo SWEET Trustee 04 July 2021
None on record
Linda Kathryn Parsons Trustee 04 July 2021
None on record
John Parkes Trustee 07 July 2019
None on record
Sylvia Lancelot Trustee 07 July 2019
None on record
Dr Ian John White Trustee 07 July 2019
None on record
Joanne Elizabeth Raywood Trustee 02 July 2017
TEWKESBURY MUSEUM
Received: On time
Rev Charles Whitney Trustee 02 July 2017
None on record
Janice Smail Trustee 05 July 2015
None on record
STEPHEN CHRISTOPHER EVANS Trustee 06 July 2014
None on record
Dr ANDREW NICHOLAS CROWTHER Trustee
THE FRIENDS OF DEERHURST CHURCH
Received: On time
GLOUCESTERSHIRE EYE THERAPY TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £111.01k £96.10k £85.01k £58.06k £56.73k
Total expenditure £204.15k £112.10k £150.38k £177.13k £101.97k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 24 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 24 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 16 August 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 16 August 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 11 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 11 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 18 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 18 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 21 August 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 21 August 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION

Charitable objects

1. TO ASSIST IN THE CARING FOR AND ADORNING OF TEWKESBURY ABBEY AND ITS PRESERVATION TOGETHER WITH ITS GOODS AND ORNAMENTS FOR POSTERITY. 2. THE PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TWO ANCIENT MONASTIC PROPERTIES VESTED IN THE ABBEY HOUSE TRUST AND ABBEY LAWN TRUST.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

TEWKESBURY

Contact information

Address:
Tewkesbury Abbey Office
Church Street
Tewkesbury
GL20 5RZ
Phone:
01684850959
Email:
admin@friendsoftewkesburyabbey.org.uk
Website:

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