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Sir Edward Blount's Charity

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 202364WorcestershireHousing and shelter
Income£25k2025-06-30
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received143%5-year average
Size in its cause34th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sir Edward Blount's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in March 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 June 2025, Sir Edward Blount's Charity reported income of £25k and spending of £45k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17k to £25k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Sir Edward Blount's Charity sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rolle's Almshouses (£25k), The Chicken Shed Property Company (£25k) and The Wilton Memorial Almshouses (£24k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£33k£45k2021 Income: £16,6252021 Spending: £14,33320212022 Income: £17,0112022 Spending: £22,63420222023 Income: £24,4412023 Spending: £35,59720232024 Income: £24,1512024 Spending: £35,96520242025 Income: £24,5642025 Spending: £44,5122025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Almshouse provision and maintenance.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Rolle's AlmshousesDevon£25k
The Chicken Shed Property CompanyLondon£25k
The Wilton Memorial AlmshousesDevon£24k
The Austin Memorial Almshouse CharityGlastonbury£25k