THE ORDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF THE MERCY OF JESUS

Registered charity 1194230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AUGUSTINIAN CARE, ST CLARE’S CARE HOME, ST GEORGE'S RETREAT (WORKING NAME), ST RITA’S CARE HOME

We run two 60 bed nursing homes on site at St. George's Park, Burgess Hill, Sussex. In addition, we manage 27 Assisted Living apartments and a 240 unit retirement village which offers domiciliary care services.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £62,633 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by planned maintenance projects and increased national insurance costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £4,831,603, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees consider the asset base sufficient to meet current obligations and maintain that the going concern basis is appropriate.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024) to £170,001 - £180,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

CQC provider record: The Order of St. Augustine of The Mercy of Jesus — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 14/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair Collett
• Madeleine Smallwood
• Sister Mary Carmel
• Sister Miriam Condron

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GEORGE'S - AUGUSTINIAN CARE.

• ST GEORGE'S - AUGUSTINIAN CARE income £70k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST AUGUSTINES OF CANTERBURY AND BEXHILL ON SEA income £112k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE'S GROVE PARK LEE income £118k
• Augustinian Sisters - English Province income £208k
• THE ORDERS OF ST JOHN CARE TRUST income £233.6m
• SAINT MARGARET'S CONVENT (SSM CHISWICK) CIO income £4.6m

Side by side with its peers

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