Bedford Morison and Cordery Almshouse Charity

Analysis

Bedford Morison and Cordery Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in November 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, Bedford Morison and Cordery Almshouse Charity reported income of £98k and spending of £136k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £70k to £98k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bedford Morison and Cordery Almshouse Charity sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parish Lands and Other Charities (£98k), Wisbech Charities (£99k) and Whitby Merchant Seamen's Hospital Houses (£98k).