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Housing Charities That specialise in Almshouse

Discover 1,076 Housing charities that specialise in almshouse. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,076
Charities
£8,839,882,027
Total Income
£2,270,712
Avg Income
90.6%
Program Ratio

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

Cranford Cottage Homes

Housing, Social welfare

Provide 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.

Latest Income: £203,981
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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The Evans's Cottage Homes

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouses for ladies.

Latest Income: £203,881
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Newbury Municipal Charities

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of low cost housing for the elderly in need.

Latest Income: £201,933
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Albert And St Swithun's Homes

Housing, Social care

Almshouses accomodation.

Latest Income: £200,537
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Brabin's Almshouses

Education, Housing, Social welfare

To 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.

Latest Income: £199,551
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Sandwich United Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion

The 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.

Latest Income: £198,642
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Of St Oswald

Health, Housing

The 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.

Latest Income: £197,736
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Lionel Annesley Dorant For Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouse for older people in need of accommodation who are, or have been, resident in the City and District of St Albans

Latest Income: £197,733
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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William Berman's Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing

The provision of almshouse accommodation for women, over the age of 50 years and who are of limited financial means

Latest Income: £197,341
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Egremont And Somerset Almshouse Charity

Health, Housing

Residential Almshouses in the Petworth area

Latest Income: £194,180
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Sir John J Hunt Almshouses

Housing, Religion

To 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

Latest Income: £188,877
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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St Margaret's And Stone's Charity

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing

The provision of almshousing for qualifying elderly people in need.

Latest Income: £188,309
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Earle's Retreat

Beneficiary group, Housing

Almshouse with individual flats where elderly people can live independently.

Latest Income: £187,749
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Aged Merchant Seamen's Homes

Beneficiary group, Heritage, Housing, Social welfare

1) 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.

Latest Income: £184,698
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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Wimbledon Endowed Almshouse Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of flats and bungalows which are specially designed with the needs of older people in mind. There is a resident manager.

Latest Income: £183,984
Areas of Operation: Merton
Status: Registered
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Henry Burton Almshouse Charity

Housing

Provision of almhouse accommodation in Monmouthshire and Newport

Latest Income: £182,970
Areas of Operation: Monmouthshire
Status: Registered
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The Harry Turner Almshouses Trust

Housing

Provision & maintenance of Almshouses in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Latest Income: £181,949
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Langley Marish United Charities

Housing

The 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.

Latest Income: £178,595
Areas of Operation: Slough
Status: Registered
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Wycombe Almhouses

Housing

The principal activity of the charity is the provision of housing for people in need in the High Wycombe area.

Latest Income: £176,342
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Lewisham Relief In Need Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social care

Whilst 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.

Latest Income: £175,156
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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Aylott Janes Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

We provide housing for elderly persons resident in the ancient borough of Luton.

Latest Income: £173,070
Areas of Operation: Luton
Status: Registered
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Turner's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

To maintain eight Almshouses for elderly people

Latest Income: £172,961
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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The Hereford Society For Aiding The Industrious

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provides 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.

Latest Income: £170,985
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Almshouse Charity Of James Goodman

Housing

Almshouse charity in Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Latest Income: £168,792
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Woodley Sandford And Charvil Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

To 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.

Latest Income: £166,101
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many almshouse housing charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,076 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.