Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty

Analysis

Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.0m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £929k to £1.3m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include N and R Karnani Trust (£1.3m), Northampton Hope Centre (£1.3m) and Energy Projects Plus (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 50%, charitable activities 28%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £107k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.