The Eden Cottages Trust

Analysis

The Eden Cottages Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in June 1964, 62 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, The Eden Cottages Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £33k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £29k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Eden Cottages Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Frances Wilson (£29k), George Newton Housing Trust (£29k) and Miss Rowlandson's Almshouses (£29k).