Christchurch Priory

Registered charity 1130918 · since 2009christchurchpriory.org·Christchurch·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Benevolent Fund's stated aim is to help poor, sick and needy people in the former Christchurch and Mudeford parish areas, so a request is most likely to fit if your work reaches people there.
The annual report shows grants totalling £11,240 paid from the Parish Benevolent Fund in the reporting period, which suggests that modest requests fit best, though no grant range is stated.
No application process is published, so the only route the annual report, register entry and website give is the contact shown for getting in touch, and it would be sensible to ask about timing and what they can consider before writing a full proposal.
Neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive the fund is or whether its giving depends on existing relationships.
Organisations based outside Christchurch and Mudeford are unlikely to fit its stated focus.

Overview

Christchurch Priory is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1130918).

Christchurch Priory is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and its purpose is promoting the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish. Its ministry centres on worship, prayer, mission, fellowship, discipleship and active involvement in the local community. Its Benevolent Fund supports poor, sick and needy people in the former Christchurch and Mudeford parish areas. Grants totalling £11,240 were paid out of the Parish Benevolent Fund during the reporting period.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Benevolent Fund supports poor, sick and needy people in the former Christchurch and Mudeford parish areas. Its assistance includes regular food-bank contributions, Christmas meals and hampers, other local non-food projects, and educational trips for children in particular school classes. The Priory also gives outward support to emergency and disaster appeals. The kinds of organisations represented in its grants include a food bank and a primary school, alongside help directed to people in need. Its wider ministry focuses on worship, prayer, mission, fellowship and active involvement in the local community; its stated approach to compassion is to empower congregations to address social need.

Themes

Poverty and hardship
Emergency and disaster appeals

Geographic Focus

Christchurch; Mudeford.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Christchurch

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Christchurch Priory.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£1,321,514	£1,084,978	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£2,086,492	£937,333	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,678,669	£1,323,573	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,151,693	£1,395,888	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£2,688,846	£1,252,932	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.