Houghton Regis Community Development Charity
Analysis
Houghton Regis Community Development Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Houghton Regis Community Development Charity reported income of £59k and spending of £73k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,963 to £59k (+495%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 422%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Houghton Regis Community Development Charity sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 Billericay Wickford Basildon Muslim Centre (£59k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Studley St John, Trowbridge (£59k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, St Leonards and St Ives (£59k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
HRCDC is concerned with helping the formation of a vibrant, healthy community in the new build known as Bidwell West (HRN2) in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. This includes hiring a community worker and providing a community building in the local centre of the development.