Housing Charities That specialise in Almshouse
Discover 1,076 Housing charities that specialise in almshouse. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Cranford Cottage Homes
Housing, Social welfareProvide and Maintain Almshouses for poor aged persons, with a preference given to persons who have been inhabitants of the area of the Parish of Cranford for a number of years.
The Evans's Cottage Homes
Beneficiary group, HousingAlmshouses for ladies.
Newbury Municipal Charities
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of low cost housing for the elderly in need.
The Royal Albert And St Swithun's Homes
Housing, Social careAlmshouses accomodation.
Brabin's Almshouses
Education, Housing, Social welfareTo provide financial help and support to poor persons and the general community in the parishes of Chipping, Thornley with Wheatley and Leagram with Bowland. To maintain the two Almshouses and provide accommodation for poor persons of good character.
The Sandwich United Charity
Beneficiary group, Housing, ReligionThe charity provides and maintains almshouses and a chapel, within a conservation area, in the town of Sandwich. The almshouses are allocated to needy and predominantly elderly people residing in Sandwich or the adjoining parishes of Worth, Eastry, Woodnesborough and Ash. The chapel is used as a place of worship for residents and the local community.
The Hospital Of St Oswald
Health, HousingThe objects of the charity are to provide almshouses for persons in need of assistance who are over fifty years of age and can live independently and look after themselves. Applicants must have been living in the City of Worcester and areas of Herefordshire for the two years immediately proceding their application.
Lionel Annesley Dorant For Almshouses
Beneficiary group, HousingAlmshouse for older people in need of accommodation who are, or have been, resident in the City and District of St Albans
William Berman's Trust
Beneficiary group, HousingThe provision of almshouse accommodation for women, over the age of 50 years and who are of limited financial means
The Egremont And Somerset Almshouse Charity
Health, HousingResidential Almshouses in the Petworth area
Sir John J Hunt Almshouses
Housing, ReligionTo provide Almshouses for persons of limited financial means aged between 55 and 70 upon initial occupation. Residents must be of good character and members of the Church of England
St Margaret's And Stone's Charity
Beneficiary group, Health, HousingThe provision of almshousing for qualifying elderly people in need.
Earle's Retreat
Beneficiary group, HousingAlmshouse with individual flats where elderly people can live independently.
Aged Merchant Seamen's Homes
Beneficiary group, Heritage, Housing, Social welfare1) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR DESERVING POOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETIRED SEAMEN, WIDOWS OR DAUGHTERS BEING NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE.2) BENEFIT OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SAID ALMSHOUSES.
Wimbledon Endowed Almshouse Charity
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of flats and bungalows which are specially designed with the needs of older people in mind. There is a resident manager.
Henry Burton Almshouse Charity
HousingProvision of almhouse accommodation in Monmouthshire and Newport
The Harry Turner Almshouses Trust
HousingProvision & maintenance of Almshouses in Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Langley Marish United Charities
HousingThe charity maintains almshouse properties for the benefit of qualifying residents. These must be over 55 years of age and who have been living in Langley or its catchment area and who are able to care for themselves.
Wycombe Almhouses
HousingThe principal activity of the charity is the provision of housing for people in need in the High Wycombe area.
Lewisham Relief In Need Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social careWhilst the charity makes small grants to individuals and organisations it is primarily engaged in providing sheltered accommodation for the elderly at its almshouse, Lloyd Court.
Aylott Janes Almshouses
Beneficiary group, HousingWe provide housing for elderly persons resident in the ancient borough of Luton.
Turner's Almshouses
Beneficiary group, HousingTo maintain eight Almshouses for elderly people
The Hereford Society For Aiding The Industrious
Beneficiary group, HousingProvides and maintains almshouses for elderly people in Herefordshire. Give donations to people in need who are or were industrious and require money to get over a hurdle provided they live in Herefordshire.
Almshouse Charity Of James Goodman
HousingAlmshouse charity in Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Woodley Sandford And Charvil Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareTo help local residents of Woodley, Sandford and Charvil and adjacent parishes by making small grants as 'Relief in Need'.To house elderly people in need from the parishes of Woodley, Sandford and Charvil in our Almshouses in Woodley.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many almshouse housing charities are there in the UK?
There are 1,076 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 £8.8bn 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 90.6%. 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 £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.