CITY RETREAT LEICESTER

Registered charity 1187586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CITY RETREAT

Prayer provisionSupporting needy vulnerable families in localityEducating the community about faith

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF ORTHODOX SUNNI SCHOOL OF THOUGHT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEICESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£196k
Latest spending
£196k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £382,805 at the end of the period, representing a net increase from the prior year. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with total income of £196,278 exceeding total expenditure of £195,586.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kenya · Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£196k£196k
31/12/2023£175k£145k
31/12/2022£120k£119k
31/12/2021£62k£46k
31/12/2020£81k£39k

Common questions

Is CITY RETREAT LEICESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £382,805 at the end of the period, representing a net increase from the prior year. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reported a small surplus for the year, with total income of £196,278 exceeding total expenditure of £195,586. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government06/10/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK LEICESTER CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITY RETREAT LEICESTER£196k—0unclear—no doubt
POTTERS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK LEICESTER CHURCH FY2025£249k—0above—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD AMAZING GRACE PARISH LEICESTER FY2024£142k—0unclear—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE ZAKAH FOUNDATION FY2024£172k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE CHURCH LEICESTER FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
Wellspring Church Leicester FY2025£353k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.