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Housing Charities That specialise in Almshouse

Discover 1,250 Housing charities that specialise in almshouse. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,250
Charities
£15,862,522,150
Total Income
£1,531,131
Avg Income
89.6%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

W H Saunders & Frank Wareham Charity

Housing

Alms House

Latest Income: £143,213
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
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George Green's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of housing for poor women who are the inhabitants of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The charity has built eight new units of accommodation in Poplar in 2015 and purchased and renovated three flats in Bow in 2018.

Latest Income: £143,203
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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The Lapworth Charity

Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of Almshouse accommodation. Grants to individuals and local organisations.

Latest Income: £142,792
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Frank Crossley's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

The charity provides almshouses accommodation for elderly and deserving people in twentyone flats, situated on Margaret Street, Halifax.

Latest Income: £141,591
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Laslett's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of sixteen almshouses for elderly, needy people with a strong connection to Worcester

Latest Income: £139,652
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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United Charities Of Romaldkirk

Housing, Social welfare

Advancement of education of the inhabitants of Romaldkirk, Cotherstone, Lartington, Mickleton, Lunedale, Holwick, Hunderthwaite and Baldersdale.Provision of Almshouse accommodation for the benefit of those inhabitants of the aforementioned locations who are practising Protestants in need, hardship and distress.

Latest Income: £138,387
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Shaftesbury Municipal Almshouse Charity

Housing

To provide accommodation for persons in need, who are resident in the Parishes of Shaftesbury, Cann, Motcombe, Stour Provost, Margaret Marsh, Fontmell Magna, Compton Abbas and Donhead St. Mary.

Latest Income: £136,541
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Mrs G A H Grundy's Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The charity is restricted to housing persons in need over 60 years of age who are regarded as poor and deserving persons of the middle class as defined in the will of Mrs Grundy establishing the Almshouses.

Latest Income: £136,045
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Almshouse Of St John The Baptist And St John The Evangelist

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social care

Provides accommodation for 17 elderly residents plus one room available for respite care

Latest Income: £135,716
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Jesus Hospital

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Health, Housing, Social welfare

The object of the charity is to provide almshouses for poor men, not less than sixty years of age and of good character who are resident in the County of Northamptonshire and preferably in the Urban district of Rothwell, at the time of appointment. A total of ten almshouses are available to meet this object.

Latest Income: £135,132
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Kendal Charity For The Aged And Infirm

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of housing for the elderly of Kendal in one bedroom flats and bungalows. The Almshouse occupiers must be in need and are means tested. A monthly maintenance contribution, currently £190, is made towards the cost of maintaining the almshouse. The charity is financially sound and the dwellings are in excellent order.

Latest Income: £135,003
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Sponne And Bickerstaffe Charity

Housing, Social welfare

Relief of poverty. Provision of Almshouses.

Latest Income: £133,542
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Thatcham Parochial Almshouse Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

PROVISION AND UPKEEP OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF THATCHAM.I.E. THATCHAM,GREENHAM,MIDGHAM AND COLD ASH.

Latest Income: £133,277
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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Municipal Charities

Housing, Social welfare

To serve residents and organisations of the City of Lichfield in a charitable capacity provision of Alms houses and help with the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £133,134
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Sir Roger Manwood Trust

Housing

Provision of almshouse accommodation and limited relief in need within the local community

Latest Income: £132,857
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Scarborough Trinity House Seafarers' Trust

Housing

To provide almshouse accomodation, in the form of 25 one bedroomed flats across 2 sites in Scarborough, to persons of limited means. Principally retired seafarers and their dependents.

Latest Income: £132,001
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Hospital Or Almshouses Of Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering And Frances Byrd

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Health, Housing

Northamptonshire rural village location providing accommodation to needy spinisters and widows within the Parish

Latest Income: £128,893
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Hosyer-Foxe Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouses for the elderly

Latest Income: £128,688
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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John And Eliza Jelley Homes For Old People

Beneficiary group, Housing

The principal activity of the charity is the provision of almshouses for old people who are incapable by age or infirmity of earning their living and who have led respectable virtuous sober and upright lives. So far as practicable preference shall be given to those who are natives of or have lived many years in or near the City of Nottingham.

Latest Income: £128,425
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Consolidated Almshouse Charity Of Swanscombe

Housing

An Almshouse Charity suppling affordable housing to those in need, Accepting applications from anyone with a connection to the borough of Dartford Kent.

Latest Income: £128,214
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Hartley Cottage Homes

Housing

To administer twenty almshouse properties.

Latest Income: £128,170
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Ross Charity Trustees Almshouses Branch

Housing

ROSS ALMSHOUSE CHARITY PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR NEEDY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN. THEY ARE ENDEAVOURING TO SELL UNUSED LAND TO PROVIDE CAPITAL TO PURCHASE FURTHER PROPERTY TO LEASE AT LOW RENTALS.

Latest Income: £127,404
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Wivenhoe Housing Trust [wht]

Housing

Provision of almshouses

Latest Income: £125,560
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Grand Feoffment Charities

Housing

The Charity's prime function is the provision and maintenance of almshouses. The Charity owns 31 almshouses all in Hadleigh.

Latest Income: £125,201
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Molyneux Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

to provide social housing for the poor and those in need who were either born or are long term residents of Tunbridge Wells (now or in the past)

Latest Income: £124,914
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many almshouse housing charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,250 registered almshouse housing charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the almshouse housing charities by income?

Nuffield Health is the largest by latest reported annual income (£1.5bn). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of almshouse housing charities?

Almshouse housing charities reported a combined annual income of £15.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for almshouse housing charities?

Across all almshouse housing charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 89.6%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of almshouse housing charities?

Almshouse housing charities have an average annual income of £1.5m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.