THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY

Registered charity 210291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1.The administration of almshouses in Greenwich, London and Shotesham, Norfolk.2 Welfare grants to support individuals and charities

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £33,513,000, with unrestricted funds of £11,465,000 and free reserves of £4,855,000. The charity reported a net income of £439,000 for the year, supported by significant investment gains of £726,000, while total charitable expenditure reached £1,774,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Almshouse maintenance charges (46% of income)
“Income from maintenance charges receivable from almshouse residents was £676,000 (2024: £615,000).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£82k
Reserves (reported)
£4.9m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~32.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk · Shropshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £33,513,000, with unrestricted funds of £11,465,000 and free reserves of £4,855,000. The charity reported a net income of £439,000 for the year, supported by significant investment gains of £726,000, while total charitable expenditure reached £1,774,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY£1.5m—0above—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY FY2024£333k—0above—no doubt
NHS GREENWICH CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£134k—0unclear—no doubt
SIRI GURU SINGH SABHA NORTHAMPTON FY2025£297k—0within—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLE HOMELESS FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
GIRTON TOWN CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.