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Houghton Regis Community Development Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1186865BuckinghamshireReligion
Income£59k2025-03-31
Spending£73ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause51st pctReligion
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

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

£0£19k£39k£58k£77k2021 Income: £9,9632021 Spending: £4,72320212022 Income: £52,0002022 Spending: £45,47020222023 Income: £51,8772023 Spending: £51,02420232024 Income: £77,0412024 Spending: £65,11420242025 Income: £59,3062025 Spending: £73,0652025
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Where the income comes from

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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.

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CharityLocationIncome
Billericay Wickford Basildon Muslim CentreEssex£59k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Studley St John, TrowbridgeWiltshire£59k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, St Leonards and St IvesRingwood£59k
The British Trust for the Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Study in JerusalemKent£59k