Newbury Municipal Charities

Analysis

Newbury Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in July 1986, 40 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 December 2025, Newbury Municipal Charities reported income of £221k and spending of £328k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £266k to £221k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Newbury Municipal Charities 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 Sheffield Firth Almshouses (£221k), Coulter Trust (£222k) and Penhurst Retreat Centre Charitable Trust (£221k).

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.