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The Almshouse Association

Registered charity 245668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ALMSHOUSES

Promotion of the establishment, continuation, efficiency and effectiveness of almshouse foundations, and to promote the provision, improvement, upkeep and maintenance of almshouses, and associated services and facilities.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £15,434,117, with unrestricted free reserves of £196,262, which is less than three months' running costs. The trustees note that subscription income does not yet fully cover running costs and plan to increase subscriptions from 2027 to ensure long-term sustainability. Despite this, the charity remains in sound financial health with significant investment assets and no external debt.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members' subscriptions (57% of income)
“57% was derived from members’ subscriptions”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £196k)
“The remainder of the unrestricted funds constitute the Association's free reserves, which amounted to £196,262 and is less than three months’ running costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

BILLINGBEAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

    Total income
    £1.2m
    Total spending
    £1.2m
    Cost of raising funds
    £208k
    Reserves (reported)
    £196k
    Employees
    11

    Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 16.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£1.2m£1.2m
    31/12/2024£1.3m£1.1m
    31/12/2023£893k£1.0m
    31/12/2022£823k£954k
    31/12/2021£1.1m£979k

    Common questions

    Is The Almshouse Association financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £15,434,117, with unrestricted free reserves of £196,262, which is less than three months' running costs. The trustees note that subscription income does not yet fully cover running costs and plan to increase subscriptions from 2027 to ensure long-term sustainability. Despite this, the charity remains in sound financial health with significant investment assets and no external debt. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

    Who funds The Almshouse Association?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name The Almshouse Association as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
    JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£16k
    THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kOlder People & Housing Programme
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2025£13kGrants to institutions
    THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
    THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£10kPoverty
    THE WILLIAM DELAFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
    THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£9k
    THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£7k
    THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
    THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
    THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£5kSecondary
    SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
    THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
    JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donation
    THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2025£1k
    LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£1kAccommodation
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kCharitable Donation
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2022£572Grants to institutions
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2023£213Grants to institutions
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£200Unrestricted
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£200Unrestricted
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£200Unrestricted
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2024£112Grants to institutions
    Kingsbury CharityFY2021£50Donation

    Government & lottery funding

    Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The Mercers' Company04/12/2019£45kGrant to Almshouse Association
    The Mercers' Company02/05/2018£10kGrant to Almshouse Association

    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
    THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CIO OF JAMES SOUTH AND WILLIAM BURBERRY.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    The Almshouse Association£1.2m——below—no doubt
    THE CIO OF JAMES SOUTH AND WILLIAM BURBERRY FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
    MANNING AND ANDERDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
    ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FY2024£313k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE DRAPERS' ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
    THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt

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