St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd

Analysis

St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02504171). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd reported income of £5.1m and spending of £5.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £5.1m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include FMDM Foundation CIO (£5.1m), King's College Hospital Charity (£5.1m) and Service to the Aged (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 8.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £34k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 82 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.