Association for Promoting Retreats

Analysis

Association for Promoting Retreats is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exmouth. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Association for Promoting Retreats reported income of £25k and spending of £50k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £25k (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 156% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Association for Promoting Retreats sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church of Christ, Reading (£25k), Ty-Isaf Baptist Church (£25k) and The Ukrainian Orthodox Parish of Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God (£25k).

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.