The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Glastonbury Abbey

Registered charity 1129263 Registered since 2009

Operates: Somerset

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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.

10 trustees on the board

4.1y median 2y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Religious Activities 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 17Professional services 4Education 3

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.6 in 2020

41 from 40 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.glastonburyabbey.com
Emailinfo@glastonburyabbey.com
Phone01458836112
AddressGLASTONBURY ABBEY, ABBEY GATEHOUSE, MAGDALENE STREET, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9EL

Finances

£2,925,940 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,156,647£980,156
2021£1,400,031£1,036,394
2022£1,462,562£1,390,128
2023£2,024,436£1,731,391
2024£2,925,940£2,274,118

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1 TO PRESERVE THE FABRIC AND THE GROUNDS OF GLASTONBURY ABBEY RUINS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND2 TO USE GLASTONBURY ABBEY TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; AND3 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORIC AND RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE OF GLASTONBURY ABBEY (INCLUDING THE SKILLS AND LEARNING ASSOCIATED WITH IT).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 APRIL 2009 as amended on 27 Jul 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Glastonbury Abbey · 06873912 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/04/2009

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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