Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities

Analysis

Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.8m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ruach City Church (£2.8m), Lehachzikom UK (£2.8m) and Feeding Britain (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, investments 19% and donations and legacies 8.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £240k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £17k. Reserves of £360k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

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.