Hospital or Almshouses of Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering and Frances Byrd

Analysis

Hospital or Almshouses of Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering and Frances Byrd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hospital or Almshouses of Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering and Frances Byrd reported income of £129k and spending of £131k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £38k to £129k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 283%. 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, Hospital or Almshouses of Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering and Frances Byrd sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rogers' Almshouses (£128k), The Rora Christian Fellowship (£129k) and Consolidated Almshouse Charity of Swanscombe (£128k).

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.