Westminster Abbey Limited
Charitable organization · Mission, British Columbia · BN 119294510RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,827,526) as filed with the CRA.
Westminster Abbey Limited is a charitable organization based in Mission, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $5.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $2.1M to Seminary of Christ the King. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Westminster Abbey is a Benedictine Monastery a religious and educational institution. It is solely responsible for the operation of the Seminary of Christ the King to foster and train priesthood and religious vocations for the Roman Catholic Church. It is an autonomous Canadian institution. The charitable activity of Westminster Abbey is mainly directed to the operation of the Seminary of Christ the King a high school and degree granting college where students pay nominal fees. Hospitality is also provided for in a guest house.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $5.8M | $3.5M | $0 | $2.3M | $56.1M |
| 2023 | $4M | $3.3M | $2.4M | $0 | $875K | $56.5M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $0 | $405K | $55.9M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $1.6M | $855K | — | $692K | $56.1M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $1.1M | $858K | — | $221K | $53.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.3M to 23 qualified donees:
- Seminary of Christ the King$2.1M
- Wayside Academy Incorporated$20K
- Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration Foundation$20K
- The Society for the Propagation of the Faith for Canada English Sector$20K
- Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy for Studies in Christian Culture$20K
- Missionaries of Charity Inc.$20K
- Cnewa Canada$20K
- Aid to the Church in Need (Canada) Inc.$20K
- Matercare International (canada) Incorporated$10K
- Fatima House Trust Fund$10K
- The Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese$6,200
- Covenant House Vancouver$5,000
- ST. Mary of Egypt Refuge Inc.$3,000
- Net Ministries of Canada Inc.$2,000
- Catholic Missions in Canada$2,000
- Catholic Christian Outreach of Canada Inc$2,000
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$1,200
- Luke 15 House$1,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$600
- The Elks Recreation Children's Camp Society of British Columbia$200
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Vancouver Branch$150
- British Columbia/yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation$50
- Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society$50
Received $24K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$172K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Nguyen (treasurer); Benedict Lefebvre (vice-president); Alban Riley (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westminster Abbey Limited’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119294510RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.