# THE COMMUNITY OF ST EDMUND OF THE ENGLISH CONGREGATION OF THE ORDER OF ST BENEDICT ESTABLISHED AT DOUAI ABBEY, WOOLHAMPTON, BERKSHIRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 236962
- **Other names:** DOUAI ABBEY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 9, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=236962


## Contact

- **Address:** DOUAI ABBEY, UPPER WOOLHAMPTON, READING
- **Postcode:** RG7 5TQ
- **Phone:** 0118 971 5300
- **Email:** bursar@douaiabbey.org.uk
- **Website:** www.douaiabbey.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.

**Activities:** Douai Abbey is a community of Benedictine monks who are involved in educational, pastoral and other work. The main pastoral activity consists of welcoming guests who come for retreats and conferences, in groups or as individuals. The Abbey Church and the other facilities are also used by other organisations, both religious and secular, for their own meetings and activities.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **REV PAUL GUNTER OSB** | Chair | March 23, 2017 |
| REV THOMAS HOLT OSB |  | March 23, 2017 |
| Rev Andrew Scott Hugh Somerville Knapman OSB |  | Nov. 18, 2014 |
| Rev Mark Benedict Thompson OSB |  | May 20, 2025 |
| Rev Stephen Gabriel Wilson OSB |  | May 11, 2022 |



## Linked charities

- TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH R C CHURCH, COWPEN NORTHUMBERLAND (236962-1)
- TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH R C CHURCH AT KEMERTON, GLOUCESTER (236962-2)
- TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNEXION WITH R C CHURCH, SCARISBRICK, LANCASTER (236962-3)



