The Tirley Elm Estate and Almshouse Charity

Analysis

The Tirley Elm Estate and Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in February 1962, 64 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Tirley Elm Estate and Almshouse Charity reported income of £40k and spending of £43k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £40k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Tirley Elm Estate and Almshouse Charity sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Christian Youth Holidays (£40k), The Minner-Scheidemann Charitable Trust (£40k) and Linton Park Almshouses (£40k).