Spital Almshouses

Analysis

Spital Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in February 1962, 64 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, Spital Almshouses reported income of £15k and spending of £23k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £15k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Spital Almshouses sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Onesimus Philemon Trust Immanuel Ministries, Optim (£15k), The Charlesworth Charity (£15k) and Trust Property Held in Connexion with the Episcopal Church in Egypt (£15k).