Douai Abbey Parishes Trust

Registered charity 1063237 Registered since 1997

Operates: West Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Warwickshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

11.4y median 10y

average tenure

28y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.7y

average years in governance

7 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 9Religious Activities 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Benedictine Trust 1 shared trustee
The Community of ST Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of ST Benedict Established AT Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire 1 shared trustee
The Studley ST Marys R C Junior and Infant School Building and Maintenance Fund 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Community of ST Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of ST Benedict Established AT Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire 1 shared trustee
The Benedictine Trust 1 shared trustee
The Studley ST Marys R C Junior and Infant School Building and Maintenance Fund 1 shared trustee
Zichron Meir Limited Similar size; both Poverty relief
AGE Concern Bournemouth Similar size; both Poverty relief
Citizens Advice North East Derbyshire Similar size; both Poverty relief

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Contact

Website	http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/our-parishes.php
Email	dapt@douaiabbey.org.uk
Phone	0118 9715339
Address	DOUAI ABBEY, UPPER WOOLHAMPTON, READING, RG7 5TQ

Finances

£900,377 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£676,196	£623,653
2022	£825,001	£695,617
2023	£836,249	£811,990
2024	£836,936	£928,628
2025	£900,377	£1,014,051

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION BY PROMOTING IN CHURCHES AND PARISHES APPROPRIATED TO DOUAI ABBEY AFORESAID

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 3 JUNE 1997 as amended on 03 Jun 1997

Trustees (9)

9trustees

0aged 70+

Rev Paul Clive Forsythe Gunter OSB Chair since 2016
Rev Andrew Scott Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB since 2021
Rev Bernard Godric Timney OSB since 2008
Rev Francis Gerard Hughes OSB since 2006
Rev Mark Benedict Thompson OSB since 2015
Rev Paul Austin Gurr OSB since 2025
Rev Thomas John Oliver Holt OSB since 2024
Rev Walter Geoffrey Scott OSB since 1998
Stephen Jones since 2018

Connected charities (3)

The Benedictine Trust 1 shared trustee
The Community of ST Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of ST Benedict Established AT Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire 1 shared trustee
The Studley ST Marys R C Junior and Infant School Building and Maintenance Fund 1 shared trustee

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