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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.

Barclay's And Standon United Charities

Housing

Provides almshouses and grants for people in need from the Ancient Parish of Standon, Herts.

Latest Income: £83,599
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The William Holmes Almshouses

Housing

To provide housing for people in need

Latest Income: £82,106
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Mary Hougham Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

To procure, maintain and let 12 Almshouses in Deal to aged and infirm Deal boatmen and subject thereto poor, aged and infirm persons who are inhabitants of the former Borough of Deal as constituted on 31 March 1974.To apply the income of the Charity for the benefit of the occupants or any of them in such manner as the Trustees think fit from time to time.

Latest Income: £81,722
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Freeston And Sagar's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouses Charity providing social housing for those in need in the area of benefice. Suitable for the elderly or those with mobility needs.

Latest Income: £81,364
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Stephen Hutchen's Charity Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing

1. To provide almshouses for elderly persons of good character who are in need of assistance and born in the Borough of Penzance and the Parish of Paul or lived there for the last 5 years.2. Provision of an extraordinary repair fund.3. Residue for the benefit of the almspeople.

Latest Income: £81,049
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Sambourne Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

The provision of housing for local persons in need of accommodation. Financial help to local elderly, infirm and disabled persons. Educational and training grants to local young persons wishing to improve their skills. Support for transport from village to nearby town.

Latest Income: £80,437
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Almondbury Almshouses Charity

Housing

Provision and maintenance of 21 almshouses. Provision of education grant for persons under 25 years and also relief of beneficiaries resident within the area of benefit.

Latest Income: £80,342
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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Bexley United Charities

Housing

Management of Styleman's Almshouses in Bexley High Street

Latest Income: £79,416
Areas of Operation: Bexley
Status: Registered
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Humphrys Almshouses CIO

Housing

Provides accommodation for Almspeople on low income

Latest Income: £78,554
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Slinfold Parish Cottages

Housing, Social welfare

The provision of Almshouses for poor persons who in the reasonable opinion of the Trustees have a significant and/or long term connection with the Parish of Slinfold

Latest Income: £78,553
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Jesus Hospital

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

THE CHARITY WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES FOR 17 POOR PERSONS OF EITHER SEX, MARRIED OR UNMARRIED AND BEING MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OF WHOM, AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE, SIX SHALL BE WOMEN AND ELEVEN SHALL BE MEN. ALMSPEOPLE SHALL HAVE RESIDED IN THE CITY OF CANTERBURY FOR NOT LESS THAN 7 YEARS AND SHALL BE PERSONS OF NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE.

Latest Income: £78,283
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Winwood Almshouses Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The Charity is a trust and was founded in 1687 to provide almshouses for the poor and widows and widowers in the parish of Quainton

Latest Income: £78,001
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Dame Alice Leigh's Almshouse

Housing

The Charity provides accommodation for needy persons who are near or over retirement age. Preference is given to those living within the parish of Stoneleigh but similarly qualified persons living within other parishes in Warwickshire are considered.

Latest Income: £77,884
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Elizabeth Heath Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouse accommodation for ladies over 59 years of age. Education and training, help young people.

Latest Income: £77,850
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Fitzgerald Charity

Housing

Provision to individuals in need, low cost accomodation in Almshouses located in Seaford

Latest Income: £77,401
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Pembridge Almshouses Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

The provision of housing for older people in need who reside in the parish of Pembridge or adjacent parishes. For the public benefit of persons in need who live in the parish of Pembridge at the discretion of the trustees

Latest Income: £77,325
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Stanley And Brocklehurst Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

An almshouse charity operating exclusively within the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, providing accommodation for poor married couples, widows or spinsters

Latest Income: £76,614
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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John Dakyn's Almshouse Charity

Education, Health, Housing

To maintain the almshouse and provide support for the residents.

Latest Income: £76,259
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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William Buckwell Memorial Almshouses

Housing

operating almshouses

Latest Income: £75,950
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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The Louisa Lilley Almshouses

Housing

The trust provides general needs, unsupported housing.

Latest Income: £75,905
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Hedger's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care

Provision and maintenance of a group of 8 dwelling houses for the use of older women of limited means and in need of semi-sheltered housing.

Latest Income: £75,685
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Betty Shelvey Trust

Housing

Provision of 10 almshouses.

Latest Income: £75,668
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Burford Almshouse Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

THE BURFORD ALMSHOUSE CHARITY HAS 19 ALMSHOUSES FOR PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS RESIDING WITHIN A SEVEN MILE RADIUS OF THE TOLSEY IN BURFORD. PREFERENCE IS GIVEN TO WOMEN APPLICANTS. THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM OTHERWISE QUALIFIED PERSONS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA WHO CAN ESTABLISH PAST OR PRESENT LINKS WITH THE BURFORD AREA.

Latest Income: £75,589
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Warwick United Charity

Housing

The provision and maintenance of Almshouses within the town of Warwick.

Latest Income: £75,446
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Saint Saviour's Almshouses

Housing

Providing and maintaining housing

Latest Income: £75,414
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
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.