The Order of Augustinian Recollects Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Order of Augustinian Recollects Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Order of Augustinian Recollects Charitable Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £179k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £130k to £127k (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Order of Augustinian Recollects Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicester Chinese Christian Church (£127k), The Methodist Church, Hatfield Road, St Albans (£127k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's with Christ Church and Holy Trinity, Derby (£127k).

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.