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 Friends Of The Howard School Home-School Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, HousingWe run various activities and events in order to raise funds for the ongoing provison of additional educational activities for the school, thus supporting the enhanced education of our children.
Hayastan All-Armenian Charitable Trust Of Great Britain
Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Housing, Saving of livesEducational activities in Armenia and Artsakh by sponsoring schools; support welfare programmes in the devastated earthquake area and for homeless refugees; aid/renovate hospitals and educational institutions.
Egham Education Trust
Housing, Social welfareThe Charity's purpose is to help students under the age of 25 whose home is in the area of benefit and who are in need of financial assistance to meet the costs of their further and/or vocational education including social and physical training.
Mary Lockington Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage, Housing, Social welfareMaintenance and upkeep of Ladies Lodge Almshouses, and help toward energy and other costs for residents.Yearly payments to incumbents of some local churches.Collection of annual rent for farm land at Totternhoe.Grants made to people in neighbourhood of Dunstable, to relieve hardship.Grants to local organisations or instutions which provide facilities for those in need.
The Robert Henry Falkner Almshouses
HousingTo provide Accommodation/ Housing for people in need, in the local area.
The Hirst Cottage Homes, Incorporating The Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses
HousingProvision of housing for age 60+ local residents
Ormrod And Hackey Home
Beneficiary group, HousingWe run a converted listed building in the village of Newburgh in West Lancashire as an Almshouse Charity. There are 6 flats, 4 of them with bedroom and living room, 2 with bed-sitting accommodation. all with shower/toilet and kitchen. The residents are primarily elderly people with strong local connections. At times also younger residents needing local accommodation to support elderly parents.
The Reverend William Batley Almshouse Charity
HousingThe Charity owns 2 Almshouses. Both are a 1 bedroom house. One occupied by a single person and one by a couple. The Trustees' responsibility is the upkeep of the houses and welfare of the occupants.
Charity Of Laura James
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of housing for elderly residents of Stonehouse.
Covent Garden Community Association
Associations, Facilities, HousingCovent Garden Community Association is the active, representative voice of Covent Garden, speaking for the residents and working population in this busy area of Central London. It is the recognised amenity society, consulted by Camden and Westminster councils on planning and licensing applications, public realm, environmental issues, housing and community safety matters.
Pod (people Of Daps)
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, HousingFundraising/Community Events
The Souldern United Charity
Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareThe Charity provides relief for people residing in the parish of Souldern who are in need, hardship or distress. It provides some housing accommodation, can make grants and can provide goods or services.
The Speak Cottage Homes Charity
HousingCharitable works in Kirton area
The Freemen's Almshouses
Housing, Social welfareThe Charity's income is to be applied for the benefit of residents in its almshouses. The residents shall be poor persons who are inhabitants of Sunderland.
Altar Cottages Charity
HousingProvide housing to assist the needy who meet the criteria outlined by the charity. The charity and its trustees has responsibility for two Almshouses within the Crowhurst, Lingfield, Surrey area.
The Broadlands Fund
Arts, Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareTo grant pensions to spinsters and widowed ladies of not less than 40 years of age as the Trustees select for this purpose and to assist such poor girls who are preparing for, entering or engaged in any trade, occupation or profession by the provision of tools, books, payment of fees, travelling expenses or such other means which will fit them to earn their own living or advance them in life.
Loraine Christian Trust
Beneficiary group, HousingThe principal object of the Trust is the advancement of the Christian faith. This object may be fulfilled [but not necessarily exclusively so] by providing care and comfort of elderly or disabled people especially such as belong to the "Household of Faith" (Gal.6:10) including providing a home for them. The Trust may also engage in other charitable activities.
Keighley Lions Club Charity Trust Fund
Associations, HousingAll monies raised for our charity account is used to help people in need. People needing financial assistance also other organisations at home and overseas.
The St Mary And St Giles Charity
Housing, ReligionThe objects of the Charity are to promote charitable institutions of the church of England in the parish of St Mary and St Giles and to purchase and hold a property as a home for the Assistant Curate of the parish by virtue of their office. After property maintenance, any funds may be used at the Trustees discretion for the benefit of aforementioned charitable institutions.
Chawner Almshouses
Housing, Social welfareTo provide low cost housing to the poor & needy.
Abergwyngregyn Almshouse Charity
HousingAdministation and letting of two almshouses
The Jbg Housing Trust
Charitable activities, Facilities, HousingMAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS RELATING TO ACCOMMODATION AND ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE PURCHASE OF BUILDINGS, FACILITIES THEREIN AND OPEN SPACE
Emily Brydges Willyams Memorial Houses
Beneficiary group, HousingProvision of 3 self contained flats for elderly people
Cherry Orchards (camphill) Community Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social careThe provision of residential, respite and day services in a therapeutic community for people with special developmental needs, which can include life crises, mental health problems, an/or learning disabilities, however, the registered care home run by the charity has now been closed.
The Hillcote Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Health, Housing, Social welfareWe makes small grants to charities with a turnover under £300,000 per year . We support UK charities who work with and support groups that are radically disadvantaged: refugees and asylum seekers, substance abusers, offenders and ex-offenders, at risk and marginalised young people, people in insecure housing.
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.