Hugh Boscawen's Charity

Analysis

Hugh Boscawen's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in May 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 December 2025, Hugh Boscawen's Charity reported income of £23k and spending of £24k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £59k to £23k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Hugh Boscawen's Charity sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Almshouse Charity of Nott, Perrott and Others (£23k), Dame Letitia Monson's Charity (£23k) and The Harrier Association (£23k).