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Registered charity (CIO) · Oxfordshire

The Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £187k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.abingdonabbeybuildings.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£187k£305k
  • 2023£211k£212k
  • 2022£80k£69k
Earlier years
  • 2021£93k£73k
  • 2020£51k£59k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 71%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

2 grants · £4,403,144 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.

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 1Education 1Other services 1

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£187k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1183398
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 May 2019
Contact on the register
01235559120 · chair@abingdonabbeybuildings.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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