Sydney Howard Lovell Memorial Almshouses

Analysis

Sydney Howard Lovell Memorial Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sydney Howard Lovell Memorial Almshouses reported income of £233k and spending of £214k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £213k to £233k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Sydney Howard Lovell Memorial Almshouses sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The James Lloyd Almshouses (£233k), Municipal and Owen Carter's Almshouse Charities (£236k) and Ashbourne Almshouse Charity (£233k).