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The Berrow Cottage Homes

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1175027SolihullHousing and shelter
Income£226k2025-12-31
Spending£154ksame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause75th pctHousing and shelter
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Berrow Cottage Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Berrow Cottage Homes reported income of £226k and spending of £154k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £185k to £226k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Berrow Cottage Homes sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Victoria Almshouses (£225k), Lancelot Hasluck Trust (£226k) and The Andros Almshouse Charity (£225k).

Income and spending

£0£56k£113k£169k£226k2021 Income: £185,0232021 Spending: £160,54620212022 Income: £204,0392022 Spending: £170,22620222023 Income: £208,5812023 Spending: £154,40920232024 Income: £222,7882024 Spending: £158,33620242025 Income: £225,8582025 Spending: £154,2892025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of social housing by way of almshouses

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Victoria AlmshousesSurrey£225k
Lancelot Hasluck TrustHertfordshire£226k
The Andros Almshouse CharityEast Sussex£225k
Framework Knitters Company Almshouse CharitiesLincolnshire£227k