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Registered charity · Ryde

ST Mary's Abbey, Quarr

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.quarrabbey.org/site.php (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
ST Mary's Abbey, Quarr
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.6m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.5m
  • 2022£1.7m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.1m£1.0m
  • 2020£597k£853k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1) THE MAINTENANCE OF WORSHIP IN THE ABBEY CHURCH AND OF THE RESIDENT BENEDICTINE COMMUNITY.2) THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GUEST HOUSE, WHICH IS IN CONSTANT USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIGIOUS RETREATS.3) FOSTERING THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE BENEDICTINE COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO THE NORMS OF THE SOLESMES CONGREGATION.4) TO PROMOTE THE CATHOLIC FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH CARRYING OUT SPIRITUAL DUTIES IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE GIVING OF RETREATS.

Grants received

1 grant · £1,999,900 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,999,900

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,999,9002010-03-10
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.

3 trustees on the board

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 3

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

Other services 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

6.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.5 in 2020

40 from 21 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.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1165957
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 OCT 2015
Companies House
Company number 09806062 · Active
Contact on the register
01983882420 · guestmaster@quarr.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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