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Housing Charities That specialise in Almshouse

Discover 1,339 Housing charities that specialise in almshouse. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,339
Charities
£7,737,981,080
Total Income
£2,255,971
Avg Income
92.3%
Program Ratio

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

Peter Handcock's Hospital

Health, Housing

The object of the charity is to hold and maintain the Almshouses in Bardney belonging to the charity for the residence of almspeople.

Latest Income: £35,413
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Reynolds Teague Homes

Beneficiary group, Housing

Reynolds Teaque Homes are a small group of 8 Alms houses providing accomodation for long term and elderly residents of Stow On The Wold and district with limited means. Residents pay a contribution towards the maintenance of the Alms houses as opposed to an economical rent. All repairs and improvements to the properties are carried out by the trustees.

Latest Income: £35,369
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Horton Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of affordable housing for elderly and in need people with a connection to the village who are unable to house themselves. Six Almshouses each containing a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom/toilet.

Latest Income: £34,340
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Mosyer Almshouse Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

Mosyer Almshouses are six dwellings in Crockenhill, Kent. Accommodation only is provided for over 60's. Residents must be able to look after themselves. The area of benefit extends to Orpington, Swanley, Farningham & Lullingstone and St Mary Cray.

Latest Income: £33,247
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Kennington Parochial Charity

Facilities, Housing, Social welfare

1/PROVISION OF ALLOTMENTS FOR THE POOR.2/THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE NEEDY.3/ FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY, WHO SHALL BE NEEDY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 4/ TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY NEEDY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Latest Income: £32,670
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Little Baddow Almshouses

Housing

To maintain six almshouse properties for our beneficiaries whose criteria include being over the age of 18 years, being connected to Little Baddow, Essex, and capable of independent living.

Latest Income: £32,167
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Of John Langham

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Provision and maintenance of Almshouses for poor women or widowers of character not less than 60 years of age at the time of appointment, preference shall first be given to the aforesaid and resident in Cottesbrooke.

Latest Income: £32,111
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Basingstoke Charities

Housing, Professions, Social welfare

The Basingstoke Charities brought to gether 28 local Charities. 1-8 deal with the Sir James Deane Almshouses, 9-25 with various Charities for the poor and 26-28 deal with Charities for the Lecturer (Vicar).

Latest Income: £31,440
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Strange And Amory Almshouse Charity

Heritage, Housing

Provision of accommodation to persons of pensionable age. Maintenance and repair of said accommodation at Haycroft House, Meddon Street, Bideford - a block of six one bedroom flats

Latest Income: £31,292
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Coningsby's Hospital

Health, Housing

Almshouses for former members of HM's Forces or for those who have undertaken substantial service for the local community within the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire or Salop.

Latest Income: £30,355
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Harley's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The original purpose of the charity was to house 18 poor, elderly woman of Hay-on-Wye or the surrounding district. During 1973/74 extensive alterations were made to provide more modern accommodation for 12 women. Since 2002, with the conversion of a flat formerly used as warden accommodation, 13 women have been accommodated.

Latest Income: £28,632
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Bateman Memorial Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Providing affordable housing for the elderly

Latest Income: £28,032
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Mrs Gilliat's Almshouses

Heritage, Housing

Repair and maintenance of 4 Almshouses in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, which are occupied under licence by people in need and/or on a low income, and as and when necessary finding suitable occupiers.

Latest Income: £27,938
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Lincoln Almshouses Charity

Housing, Religion, Social welfare

Provides almshouse accommodation for people in need of housing. Preference given to the poor of Loughton and those who have been members of Loughton Union Church for a period of ten years.

Latest Income: £27,488
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Holybourne Complin Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of three almshouses for poor aged persons of good character living in Holybourne and Neatham. Residents contribute a weekly sum towards maintenance of the almshouses, without causing hardship. Vacancies are advertised and applications for appointment are made to trustees. Each year the trustees make gifts of money to people in Holybourne and Neatham who are elderly or in need or hardship

Latest Income: £26,941
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Simpsons Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

Provision of 4 single occupancy Almshouses to provide low cost housing for, firstly:Poor people belonging to Christchurch Methodist/URC Church in Hitchin, Secondly,To those worshipping in other Protestant Churches within and around Hitchin, and thirdly,For any poor resident of Hitchin

Latest Income: £26,805
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Oving Almshouse Trust

Housing

The charity holds, maintains and administers the four almshouses which it owns in the parish of Oving, West Sussex, for the benefit of present and future occupants, who are aged or infirm persons of good character and (except in special cases approved by the charity commission) are resident in the parish at the time immediately prior to their occupancy.

Latest Income: £26,228
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity

Housing, Social welfare

Relief of poverty in the Parish of Aldenham

Latest Income: £25,908
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Robert Bateman Almshouse Charity

Housing, Social welfare

Almshouse charity providing accommodation for poor people of not less than 55 years living in South Lakeland preference being given to people who live or have lived in the Ancient Township of Ings.

Latest Income: £25,560
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Tawstock Jubilee Almshouse Charity

Housing

To provide accommodation for aged persons and those who are unable to access the normal accommodation provisions To keep the Jubilee House in a good state of repair and otherwise to administer the assets of the Charity.

Latest Income: £25,509
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Toddington United Almshouse Charities

Beneficiary group, Heritage, Housing

The Charity is responsible for four small almshouses in the centre of Toddington. the residents are widows or spinsters of the Parish. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and repair of the Almshouses. the Trustees expect to be able to pay for routine repairs and maintenance out of the income.

Latest Income: £24,985
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Mary Bellamy

Housing

The Charity's objective is the provision of almshouses to almswomen in the Rotherham area. The trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and consider that its activities promote the welfare of aged and needy people and therefore meet the public benefit requirements.

Latest Income: £24,562
Areas of Operation: Rotherham
Status: Registered
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Sedbergh United Charities And Widows' Hospital

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social welfare

One Fund provides grants for educational purposes to people under 25 years old and a second provides grants to people in financial hardship. These are restricted to inhabitants of the civil parish of Sedbergh. A third owns a building rented by Cumbria CC as a library,the income can be used to give grants for charitable purposes in Sedbergh and its neighbourhood. A fourth fund owns an almshouse.

Latest Income: £24,066
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Watkinson Almshouses

Housing

To provide accommodation for almspeople being decendants of George and Jane Watkinson or persons who have resided for not less than three years in the ecclesiastical parishes of St Matthew Lightcliffe, St Matthew Northowram and St John Coley,

Latest Income: £23,793
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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William Carr's Almshouses

Housing

The Charity was established by the Will of William Carr dated 25 August 1905 for the provision of a block of four houses as alsmshouses administered by the Trustees.

Latest Income: £23,335
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many almshouse housing charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,339 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 £7.7bn 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 92.3%. 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 £2.3m. 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.