Registered charity · London
The Westminster Abbey Trust
- 5 trustees
- Income £3.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- City Of Westminster
- Website
- www.westminster-abbey.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.1m£310k
- 2024£2.2m£8k
- 2023£462k£361k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£1.2m
- 2021£1.2m£373k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(A) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ABBEY;(B) TO SUPPORT THE ABBEY'S CHOIR SCHOOL; AND (C) TO SUPPORT THE WHICHER AND KIFFORD ALMSHOUSES.
Grants received
6 grants · £2,929,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £2,900,000 (3 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £25,000
- The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art · £4,500 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- John James O'Brien Chair
- Angela Henderson since 2026
- Paul Galpin since 2026
- Rev David Stanton since 2014
- The Very Revd. Dr David Hoyle Kcvo MBE since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev David Stanton since 2014
- The Very Revd. Dr David Hoyle Kcvo MBE since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Angela Henderson since 2026
- Paul Galpin since 2026
- Rev David Stanton since 2014
- The Very Revd. Dr David Hoyle Kcvo MBE since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- John James O'Brien Chair
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.5 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1116371
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 16 JUNE 2006.AS AMENDED ON 01/08/2015
- Contact on the register
- 020 7222 5152 · chris.vyse@westminster-abbey.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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