The Wyndham Cottle Almshouses

Analysis

The Wyndham Cottle Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yarmouth. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wyndham Cottle Almshouses reported income of £22k and spending of £27k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £22k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Wyndham Cottle Almshouses sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trident Association (£22k), Friends of Dent School (£22k) and Toy Hub (£22k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.