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worth abbey

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other defined groups, and the general public. Worth Abbey is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in Crawley and operates in West Sussex, Peru, and Brighton And Hove.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

In response to the call of Christ, the monks of Worth Abbey live as a community, create a sanctuary into which we welcome visitors to share our life of prayer & we offer evangelization through our many works outside of the monastery including within Worth School, parish & our retreat house. We support the Lay Community of St Benedict, the Compass project & work with refugees & the poor in Peru.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£23,485,427
Latest Expenditure
£23,409,591

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 94.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 95.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 5.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £291,798
Charitable Activities £21,654,679
Other Trading £672,181
Investments £301,846
Other Income £564,923

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £22,260,959
Raising Funds £1,148,632
Governance £42,684
Grants to Institutions £319,474
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£23,485,427£23,409,591£22,260,959£30,266,278£24,454,226301 / 3
2023£21,870,855£21,745,246£20,512,281£29,989,372£28,534,879280 / 0
2022£18,976,833£17,969,850£16,966,595£30,086,934£22,104,095278 / 0
2021£15,525,089£15,717,200£15,120,623£29,188,121£20,897,624270 / 0
2020£16,310,895£15,946,333£15,703,957£28,812,378£19,513,783271 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers