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The Community of ST Edmund of the English Congregation of the Order of ST Benedict Established AT Douai Abbey, Woolhampton, Berkshire
- 5 trustees
- Income £872k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Religious Activities
- Where
- Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and more
- Website
- www.douaiabbey.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£872k£1.2m
- 2024£569k£1.2m
- 2023£598k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£634k£933k
- 2021£483k£796k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
Grants received
1 grant · £434,000 total360Giving 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 · £434,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- REV Paul Gunter OSB Chair since 2017
- REV Thomas Holt OSB since 2017
- Rev Andrew Scott Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB since 2014
- Rev Mark Benedict Thompson OSB since 2025
- Rev Stephen Gabriel Wilson OSB since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- REV Paul Gunter OSB Chair since 2017
- REV Thomas Holt OSB since 2017
- Rev Andrew Scott Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- REV Paul Gunter OSB Chair since 2017
- REV Thomas Holt OSB since 2017
- Rev Andrew Scott Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB since 2014
- Rev Stephen Gabriel Wilson OSB since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Rev Mark Benedict Thompson OSB since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
33.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 55.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 236962
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 22 SEPTEMBER 1934.
- Contact on the register
- 01189715300 · bursar@douaiabbey.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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