City Retreat Leicester

Analysis

City Retreat Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09349808). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, City Retreat Leicester reported income of £191k and spending of £187k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £62k to £191k (+205%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Retreat Leicester sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Church Coventry (£190k), Christ Avenue Chapel (£191k) and Bridge Church Newbury (£190k).