01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 6 February 1964
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Latest income
- £14,830,714
- Latest expenditure
- £15,751,828
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: BUCKFAST ABBEY TRUST, BUCKFAST ABBEY, BUCKFAST, BUCKFASTLEIGH, TQ11 0EE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.buckfast.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
ITS PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE BENEDICTINE COMMUNITY OF MONKS AT BUCKFAST ABBEY.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,830,714
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,751,828
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,900,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,694,979
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 August 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £11,144,765
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,424,777
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 August 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,454,693
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,874,285
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £10,039,760
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,951,150
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,830,714
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,751,828
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £11,900,398
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,694,979
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £11,144,765
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £12,424,777
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 5
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 August 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £10,454,693
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £10,874,285
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £14,001
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 17 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £10,039,760
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,951,150
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £30
- Income From Government Grants
- £544,120
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 6
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 200001 250000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 August 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 337188
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 8976668
- Income Charitable Activities
- 431273
- Income Investments
- 558289
- Income Other
- 4527296
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 14830714
- Income Legacies
- 34403
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £9,999,668
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,752,160
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 15751828
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 104275
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 79840
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 528542
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 634351
- Gain Loss Investment
- 1965735
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £51,999,613
- Assets Total Fixed
- 67191041
- Assets Own Use
- 38964143
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 28226898
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,154,907
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,031,807
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £79,314,141
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3031807
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,451,127
- Funds Endowment
- 7075256
- Funds Unrestricted
- 70248178
- Funds Restricted
- 1990707
- Funds Total
- 79314141
- Count Employees
- 136
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 August 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 283970
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 5721575
- Income Charitable Activities
- 406463
- Income Investments
- 586773
- Income Other
- 4901617
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 11900398
- Income Legacies
- 61178
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £7,421,467
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,273,512
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 12694979
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 119704
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 76401
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 612576
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 673517
- Gain Loss Investment
- 254594
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £51,298,460
- Assets Total Fixed
- 66423278
- Assets Own Use
- 38903547
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 27519731
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £18,299,411
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £6,453,169
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £78,269,520
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 6453169
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,442,832
- Funds Endowment
- 7279046
- Funds Unrestricted
- 68998903
- Funds Restricted
- 1991571
- Funds Total
- 78269520
- Count Employees
- 150
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 August 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 179666
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4984953
- Income Charitable Activities
- 381569
- Income Investments
- 773460
- Income Other
- 4825117
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 11144765
- Income Legacies
- 541
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £5,026,919
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £7,397,858
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 12424777
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 258417
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 50887
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1489610
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 769044
- Gain Loss Investment
- -10415978
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £63,880,766
- Assets Total Fixed
- 74587170
- Assets Own Use
- 38464057
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 36123113
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £15,748,864
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £11,526,527
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £78,809,507
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 11526527
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £295,155
- Funds Endowment
- 7494207
- Funds Unrestricted
- 69363729
- Funds Restricted
- 1951571
- Funds Total
- 78809507
- Count Employees
- 144
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 August 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 231659
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 4367650
- Income Charitable Activities
- 356762
- Income Investments
- 1170290
- Income Other
- 4328332
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 10454693
- Income Legacies
- 25300
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,105,767
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,768,518
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 10874285
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 317767
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 43760
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 694814
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 835802
- Gain Loss Investment
- -2566383
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £65,465,888
- Assets Total Fixed
- 82490995
- Assets Own Use
- 43545228
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 38945767
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £19,748,857
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £11,780,952
- Assets Current Investment
- 655745
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £90,458,900
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3468452
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 8312500
- Assets Cash
- £115,946
- Funds Endowment
- 7717171
- Funds Unrestricted
- 80790158
- Funds Restricted
- 1951571
- Funds Total
- 90458900
- Count Employees
- 140
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 17 August 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 181271
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3719266
- Income Charitable Activities
- 391443
- Income Investments
- 1205205
- Income Other
- 4542575
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 10039760
- Income Legacies
- 10463
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £3,481,021
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,470,129
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 9951150
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 303879
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 50644
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 498260
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 193761
- Gain Loss Investment
- 7718324
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £68,485,597
- Assets Total Fixed
- 91459879
- Assets Own Use
- 43983480
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 47476399
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £14,112,365
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £12,080,772
- Assets Current Investment
- 1764383
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £93,491,472
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3518272
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 8562500
- Assets Cash
- £321,892
- Funds Endowment
- 7934158
- Funds Unrestricted
- 83605743
- Funds Restricted
- 1951571
- Funds Total
- 93491472
- Count Employees
- 125
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Devon
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 206
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Defined Groups
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BUCKFAST ABBEY TRUST (HELD ICW THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OF BENEDICTINE MONKS ESTABLISHED AT ST MARYS ABBEY BUCKFAST, DEVON)
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1964-02-06T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED DATED 28 OCTOBER 1950
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE OR MAINTAIN ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment