EARLE'S RETREAT

Registered charity 204123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Almshouse with individual flats where elderly people can live independently.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income

£188k

Latest spending

£169k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £30,818 for the year ended 5 February 2025, primarily driven by increased routine maintenance costs. However, a total surplus of £63,401 was achieved after including £51,580 in gains on the revaluation of investments. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to continue achieving its principal objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable the charity to continue to achieve its principal objectives (held: £1.5m)

“The charity’s policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves to enable the charity to continue to achieve its principal objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Hobsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Anne Rosemary Tredget
Barrie Lukey
HAZEL CLAIRE EVANS
Ian Arthur Symonds
Martin Winchester

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/02/2025	£188k	£169k
05/02/2024	£162k	£137k
05/02/2023	£135k	£112k
05/02/2022	£99k	£70k
05/02/2021	£98k	£72k

Common questions

Is EARLE'S RETREAT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £30,818 for the year ended 5 February 2025, primarily driven by increased routine maintenance costs. However, a total surplus of £63,401 was achieved after including £51,580 in gains on the revaluation of investments. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains sufficient reserves to continue achieving its principal objectives. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£62k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST.

THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £136k
ST SCHOLASTICA'S RETREAT income £251k
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES income £233k
CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO income £866k
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
THE RETREAT LOXWOOD income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EARLE'S RETREAT	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST FY2024	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST SCHOLASTICA'S RETREAT FY2024	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAMES LLOYD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£233k	—	above	—	no doubt
CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO FY2024	£866k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt

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