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Registered charity (CIO) · Tewkesbury

The Tewkesbury Abbey Foundation

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £105k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
Where
Gloucestershire
Website
www.tewkesburyabbeyfoundation.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£105k£155k
  • 2023£44k£127k
  • 2022£76k£136k
Earlier years
  • 2021£54k£93k
  • 2020£1.0m£75k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO SUPPORT TEWKESBURY ABBEY IN THE FULFILMENT OF THE ABBEYÆS OBJECTIVES WHICH ARE:MISSION AND MINISTRYTO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN TEWKESBURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY EMPOWERING TEWKESBURY ABBEY AS A CENTRE OF EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN MISSION, MINISTRY AND LITURGY.MUSIC AND LITURGYTO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN TEWKESBURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY UPHOLDING TEWKESBURY ABBEY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC AND SUNG LITURGY.MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENTTO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN TEWKESBURY ABBEY AND ITS ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENSURING THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO PRESERVE TEWKESBURY ABBEY FOR POSTERITY ARE ADEQUATELY FUNDED.GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Board analysis for researchers

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

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5Religious Activities 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Professional services 5Arts and leisure 2Agriculture 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£105k 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
1187090
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Dec 2019
Contact on the register
01242710200 · foundationsecretary@tewkesburyabbey.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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