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Carmelite Monastery

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168127PickeringPoverty relief
Income£58k2025-12-31
Spending£78ksame year
Spent / received95%5-year average
Size in its cause58th pctPoverty relief
Registered2016Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Carmelite Monastery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pickering. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Carmelite Monastery reported income of £58k and spending of £78k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £247k to £58k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Carmelite Monastery sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feltham Community Development Association (£58k), Syeda Zainab Trust (£58k) and The Southend Care Bank (£58k).

Income and spending

£0£62k£123k£185k£247k2021 Income: £246,6482021 Spending: £162,25220212022 Income: £139,0442022 Spending: £186,50720222023 Income: £184,1392023 Spending: £168,92320232024 Income: £181,0372024 Spending: £174,45020242025 Income: £58,4052025 Spending: £77,8412025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Keeping the monastery chapel open to all for public worship and private prayer. Retreats, quiet days and away days, with a guest flat for visitors. Funerals and services. A prayer garden and grounds for quiet reflection and the interment of ashes. Prayer for, and gifts to, people in need.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Feltham Community Development AssociationFeltham£58k
Syeda Zainab TrustLondon£58k
The Southend Care BankEssex£58k
Ta Da Temne Association Uk&iLondon£58k