Housing Charities
Discover 3,243 Housing charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Stafford United Charities
HousingAlmshouse accommodation for residents of the Borough of Stafford
Fonnereau Road Health Foundation
Charitable activities, Health, HousingThe relief of sickness and the protection of health by making grants for the provision of general medical health services
Prestbury Memorial Trust
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care, Social welfareHome visits, liaison with statutory & non-statutory care workers, Lunch Club, Tuesday minibus supermarket trips, Sit & Fit & Scrabble, Knit & Natter, Friendship Groups (coach trips, birthdays) minibus trips, Carers Support group, Co-ordination of minibus use by other local groups, special projects e.g. Christmas party, Warden Service, visits to the elderly and housebound in neighbourly capacity.
The Victoria Jubilee Langford Homes
HousingProvision of housing for people aged 50 or over in housing need.This is provided in 7 almshouse properties at Langford, North Somerset.Preference is given to people in financial need from, or with, connections to this area.
Bognor Regis Youth And Community Centre
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, HousingThe charity provides a space in the heart of the Pevensey Ward & is an essential meeting place. Organisations such as Bognorphenia use the centre to provide arts workshops & also run Home Ed Shed & Youth Drop-In from there. Funding is raised in part by various services users hiring the centre as well fundraising and obtaining grants. Bognor's first Legal Art Wall is situated at the rear as well.
Norfolk Constabulary Benevolent Fund
Beneficiary group, Housing, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfareThe Norfolk Constabulary Benevolent Fund was established to assist in needy cases of members, former members, their widows, orphans or dependants. It does this by paying grants and interest free loans where necessary and by the provision of holiday homes for rest and recuperation and for respite or convalescence.
Homes Of Bishop Rowlands
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareProvision of housing for (i) the elderly (ii) the poor who live within the Diocese of Bangor. 4 flats are available.
Jb Willows Legacy Trust
Beneficiary group, HousingAccommodation/housing for retired employees and their families.
The Convent Of The Sisters Of Charity - Servants Of The Poor
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareTo honour the charity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by works of mercy, spiritual and temporal, the poor, the sick, prisoners, orphans, aged and infirm persons or persons in any other need. This includes the provision of a private registered nursing home.
Louisa Cottages Charity
HousingThe charity manages the Almshouses at Tring, and applies income for repairs and for the benefit of the Almspeople
East Bergholt United Charities
Beneficiary group, Facilities, Housing, LeisureProvides:- accommodation in nine almshouses, for local, elderly people in need; 39 plots/allotments for local people. Football field for East Bergholt Junior F.C.
Brancaster Educational And Almshouse Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social careGrants to schoolchildren and students resident in Brancaster, Deepdale, Thornham and Titchwell. Almshouse accommodation for elderly people with a residential qualification in above mentioned villages.
Edmonton United Charities
HousingThe provision of almshouse accomodation for single persons of retirement age who have been resident in the London Borough of Enfield for at least five years preceding application.
St Albans Musical Museum Society
Arts, Heritage, HousingThe Society administers St Albans Organ Theatre which houses a permanent working exhibition of mechanical musical instruements and theatre pipe organs. It is open to the public one Sunday per month from 2 - 4.30pm and features a live musical performance with a full descriptive commentary. Organised groups are welcome at other times by arrangement. Regular theatre organ concerts are also held.
Grindleton Almshouses
Beneficiary group, HousingProvide subsidised accomodation for over 60s.
The St Mary's Hospital Charities
Health, HousingHousing for needy - provided for 10 persons of either sex - normally of pensionable age who do not have the financial resources to purchase their own home.
Nidd Valley Decorative And Fine Arts Society
Charity and VCS support, HousingThis society organises 10 lectures a year, a number of outings to various places of artistic interest at home and abroad. Decorative and Fine Arts groups are supported by volunteers and funding is provided to support research. Donations are also provided to support the preservation and development of our national artistic heritage.
Uttoxeter Almshouse And Poors Charity
HousingPROVISION OF HOUSING FOR ELDERLEY PEOPLE IN UTTOXETER
St Luke's Trust (berkshire)
Education, HousingThe aim is to carry out work in the world based on the approach as promoted by Rudolf Steiner. The Trust has been and is active in expressing this in the care of people with special needs, education and work on the land. Alder Bridge Steiner-Waldorf School rents the school building. The Trust acquired a property and makes this building available as a Steiner-Waldorf early years centre.
Lady Herbert's Homes
Beneficiary group, Housingaccommodation for elderly retired ladies
The Keynsham Charities
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HousingKEYNSHAM CHARITIES OPERATES 4 ALMSHOUSES WHERE APPOINTED ALMSPEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET STRICT CRITERIA AND SHALL HAVE RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS AND SHALL BE OVER 60 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.KEYNSHAM CHARITIES ALSO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO THOSE IDENTIFIED IN NEED WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS SET OUT IN THE ESTABLISHED SCHEME.
Joseph And Eleanor Gunson Almshouse Trust
Housingsubsidised housing
The Powell And Welch Almshouse Charity
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, HousingAs a modern Almshouse Charity we provide affordable housing in a rural area for local people who are in need. Our Residents are elderly people of limited means who are accepted as Almshouse Residents due to their circumstances and their inability to fund a home from their own resources.
The Orme Almshouses
Beneficiary group, HousingThe charity operates eleven almshouses for men aged 55 or over, bachelors or widowers with well-being support, in the centre of Louth.
Emma Rice, W E J Knight, Northampton
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social careSheltered housing for the Elderly in Northampton
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.