The Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust

Registered charity 1183398 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Oxfordshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.9y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.6y

average years in governance

8 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

Vale of White Horse & Ridgeway Archaeological & Historical Trust 1 shared trustee
Atom Festival of Science & Technology 1 shared trustee
The Oxfordshire Buildings Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Atom Festival of Science & Technology 1 shared trustee
Vale of White Horse & Ridgeway Archaeological & Historical Trust 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Abingdon Civic Society 1 shared trustee
The Oxfordshire Buildings Trust 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	https://www.abingdonabbeybuildings.co.uk
Email	chair@abingdonabbeybuildings.co.uk
Phone	01235559120
Address	ABBEY BUILDINGS TRUST, 18 THAMES STREET, ABINGDON, OX14 3HZ

Finances

£187,123 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£50,925	£59,143
2021	£93,192	£73,495
2022	£80,455	£68,543
2023	£210,852	£211,564
2024	£187,123	£305,468

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ABINGDON ABBEY, ITS BUILDING AND SITE AND OTHER HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND LAND IN THE TOWN OF ABINGDON-ON-THAMES AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD;B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE ABBEY, ITS PROPERTIES AND THE HISTORY, HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF THE LOCAL AREA.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 May 2019

Trustees (10)

10trustees

79median age

1aged 70+

Gregory Bensberg MBE Chair since 2023
Andrew Cherriman since 2025
Bryan Wyman Brownage 79 since 2019
Godfrey Cole CBE since 2023
Lucinda Sporle since 2025
Matthew Stevens since 2019
Michael Ward since 2024
Roberta Ann Nichols since 2019
Roger Michael Thomas since 2019
Sarah Ann Onion since 2025

Connected charities (3)

The Oxfordshire Buildings Trust 1 shared trustee
Atom Festival of Science & Technology 1 shared trustee
Vale of White Horse & Ridgeway Archaeological & Historical Trust 1 shared trustee

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