The Retreat York

Analysis

The Retreat York is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04325622). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Retreat York reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £2.9m (-5.7%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Retreat York sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Kensington and Chelsea (£2.9m), Aston Villa Foundation (£2.9m) and Fulham Football Club Foundation (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 9.8%. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 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.