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St Mary Magdalen's Hospital Almshouse Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1165641ColchesterDisability
Income£50k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received5.5%5-year average
Size in its cause55th pctDisability
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

St Mary Magdalen's Hospital Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Mary Magdalen's Hospital Almshouse Charity reported income of £50k and spending of £22k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 5.5% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St Mary Magdalen's Hospital Almshouse Charity sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Get Changed Theatre Company (£50k), Thorngumbald Barrons AFC (£50k) and Legacy Project Limited (£50k).

Income and spending

£0£278k£556k£835k£1.1m2021 Income: £02021 Spending: £020212022 Income: £02022 Spending: £020222023 Income: £1,112,7412023 Spending: £12,17120232024 Income: £44,1472024 Spending: £32,08220242025 Income: £49,7672025 Spending: £21,5692025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Provision of afforadble housing in the form of almshouses

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Get Changed Theatre CompanyDevon£50k
Thorngumbald Barrons AFCHull£50k
Legacy Project LimitedEngland£50k
Bury St Edmunds Ecumenical Centre TrustBury St Edmunds£50k