# ST CECILIA'S ABBEY RYDE ISLE OF WIGHT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1088086
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 16, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1088086


## Contact

- **Address:** ST. CECILIAS ABBEY, APPLEY RISE, RYDE
- **Postcode:** PO33 1LH
- **Phone:** 01983562602
- **Website:** www.stceciliasabbey.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PRESENT TRUSTEES DO AND THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST PROPERTY AND THE INCOME OF THE TRUST PROPERTY UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE SAME EITHER AS CAPITAL OR AS INCOME FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIED ON BY OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ABBESS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IF AT ANY TIME THE COMMUNITY SHALL CEASE TO EXIST OR SHALL CEASE TO CARRY ON DIRECT OR SUPPORT ANY CHARITABLE WORK THEN FOR SUCH LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT NO PART OF THE TRUST PROPERTY NEED BE RETAINED OR SHALL BE TREATED AS PERMANENT ENDOWMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993.

**Activities:** The advancement of the Catholic religion, principally though not exclusively through the maintenance of St Cecilia's Abbey and the community of Benedictine nuns who inhabit it and who celebrate daily in public the Divine Office, sung in Latin Gregorian Chant, and who minister to those seeking some share in the contemplative life through retreats and other contacts.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Isle Of Wight



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1092778 | £827935 | £27259996 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1906131 | £669874 | £26618168 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £895334 | £735379 | £24987613 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £801011 | £617974 | £26023005 | 5 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £695881 | £535653 | £24209099 | 5 |



## Trustees

- SR EUSTOCHIUM
- Sister Gertrude — appointed Feb. 22, 2023
- Sister Madeleine — appointed Feb. 22, 2023
- Sister Marie Germain — appointed June 1, 2018