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The Almshouse Association

Registered charity 245668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q105463217 · 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.

Objects

3.1 PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT, CONTINUATION, EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ALMSHOUSE FOUNDATIONS.3.2 PROMOTE THE PROVISION, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES, AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Windsor and Maidenhead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

    Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

    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 4.7 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 5.3%) (benchmarks).

    Register events

    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 LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
    THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
    THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£5kSecondary
    SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
    THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
    THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2025£1k
    LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£1kAccommodation
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kCharitable Donation
    JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
    ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donation
    JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2022£572Grants to institutions
    COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2023£213Grants to institutions
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£200Unrestricted
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£200Unrestricted
    CORDWAINERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£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

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    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    The Almshouse Association£1.2m——below—no doubt
    ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2025£114k——above—no doubt
    JAMES SMITH'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
    BEWDLEY ALMSHOUSES FY2025£70k—0unclear—no doubt
    LULLINGTON, NETHERSEAL AND OVERSEAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024£16k—0unclear—no doubt
    FELSTED ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£53k—0above—no doubt

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