Housing Charities
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
The Devon Horse And Pony Sanctuary
Animals, Housing, Saving of livesDevon Horse and Pony Sanctuary is dedicated to the care, of equines in need. We provide a loving home for equines to the end of their days and in appropriate cases will find the right loan home for the right animal. We also provide a permanent home for retired Police horses and other working equines. We will also take in emergency neglect cases and provide the appropriate care.
Wigan And Leigh Pensioners Link Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, HousingInformation & advice on issues relevant to the older person. Alternative therapies, exercise & relaxation, coffee clubs, computer usage & training, outreach work. Deliver library books to elderly, isolated clients. Take elderly patients home from hospital and leave them in a safe environment.
Harriet Davis Seaside Holiday Trust For Disabled Children
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of self catering holiday houses in Pembrokeshire for families with disabled children.
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.
Little Spinnakers Pre-School
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, HousingLittle Spinnakers Community Pre-school is a pre-school for children aged 2 years to 5. We aim to help the attending children develop as an individual, and learn how to interact with others outside the home environment. We offer a broad range of play activities to the children for them to gain new experiences and knowledge. Our goal is to give a good stepping-stone into full time education.
YMCA St Paul's Youth Project
Associations, Beneficiary group, Housing, LeisureThe Charity aims to improve the lives of local young people by providing supported housing, youth activities, sports and leisure and child care services.
Elizabeth Huggins Cottages Charity
Armed forces, HousingTo provide accommodation for persons who have served in the Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy and have been incapacitated in the service of the Crown. Persons applying for accommodation must meet the criteria stated and must also reside in the Borough of Gravesham.
Newbury Municipal Charities
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of low cost housing for the elderly in need.
Mackrell's Charity
Beneficiary group, HousingProvide social housing for elderly people
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 Dentons UK And Middle East LLP Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfareThe Dentons UK & Middle East LLP Charitable Trust makes donations to small charities in the UK and Ireland that have a connection to our local communities. The Trust has a particular focus on charities working to support the elderly, disabled, homelessness, poverty, ex offenders and their families, refugees, education and youth projects.
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 Julian Trust
Housing, Social welfareTo relieve poverty, distress and homelessness in Bristol, particularly by the provision of emergency night shelter accomodation.
Peasholme Charity
Housing, Social welfarePeasholme Charity addresses poverty and social exclusion for vulnerable people in and around the city of York who are experiencing or heading towards 'crisis ' (lacking shelter, security or an ability to sustain oneself). We work to achieve our aims by offering specialist one-to-one support services which provide advice, guidance and signposting with respect to housing, benefits, finance and debt.
St Albans Old People's Trust
Beneficiary group, HousingProvide assistance to elderly people in need in the area of City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire
Cor Meibion De Cymru - The South Wales Male Choir
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, HousingStaging concerts to further the aims of the charity in performing male choral music, supporting young artists, and contributing to education of the public, at home and abroad, about choral music and Welsh male choir tradition. In addition, to work with selected charitable causes, mainly through the staging of fundraising concerts, to support their work.
The Egremont And Somerset Almshouse Charity
Health, HousingResidential Almshouses in the Petworth area
Abbeyfield Honiton Society Limited (the)
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social careSheltered Housing for the Elderly
Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Nottingham And Notts Branch
HousingProvides financial assistance for stray animals treatments. Provides accomodation for homeless animals. Provides rehoming facilities. Offers assistance to general public in need of help with animal neutering. Welfare Advice available
Dorking Charity
Housing, Social careProvision of sheltered housing for residents in the Dorking area.Grants for those in need.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many housing charities are there in the UK?
There are 3,243 registered housing charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the 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 housing charities?
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 housing charities?
Across all 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 housing charities?
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.