ROBINSON'S RETREAT AND RELIEF CHARITIES

Registered charity 222700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAMUEL ROBINSON CHARITIES, SAMUEL ROBINSONS CHARITIES

RELIEVING NEED FOR MINISTERS (ACTIVE OR RETIRED) OF CONGREGATIONAL AND BAPTIST CHURCHES AND OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR WIDOWS OF SUCH MINISTERS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND. THE TRUSTEES APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES

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Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a revenue surplus of £1,637 for the year ended 30 November 2025, following a deficit in the previous year which was covered by permanent endowment. Total funds increased to £3,525,917, supported by investment growth, while administration expenses remained minimal as trustees performed all tasks without remuneration or expense reimbursement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID PORTER
ELIZABETH ANN LAWSON QC MA
HOWARD ROGER BROWN
LYN DYER HOPKINS
ROGER FREDERICK HUGHES CA
TONY ALDERMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
TREVITT STEGGLES

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£115k	£114k
30/11/2024	£111k	£122k
30/11/2023	£104k	£127k
30/11/2022	£100k	£118k
30/11/2021	£95k	£99k

Common questions

Is ROBINSON'S RETREAT AND RELIEF CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a revenue surplus of £1,637 for the year ended 30 November 2025, following a deficit in the previous year which was covered by permanent endowment. Total funds increased to £3,525,917, supported by investment growth, while administration expenses remained minimal as trustees performed all tasks without remuneration or expense reimbursement. 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 ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL	1	£21.2m
STEWARDS COMPANY LTD	1	£814k
THE HOME OF DEVENISH	1	£108k
THE STUART HINE TRUST CIO	1	£32k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	1	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WEST HARROW	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO.

CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO income £866k
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH income £312k
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY income £858k
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNAFFILIATED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES income £109k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRAISE EMBASSY ETON WICK income £153k
REIGATE PARK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROBINSON'S RETREAT AND RELIEF CHARITIES	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CONGREGATION OF LA RETRAITE CIO FY2024	£866k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RETFORD BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£312k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADY HEWLEY'S CHARITY FY2025	£858k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNAFFILIATED CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES FY2023	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD PRAISE EMBASSY ETON WICK FY2024	£153k	—	below	—	no doubt

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