Poors Charities

Analysis

Poors Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sawbridgeworth. It was registered in September 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, Poors Charities reported income of £111k and spending of £99k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £111k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Poors Charities sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stothard Supported Living Limited (£111k), The Christopher and Sarah Aldam Bowly's Almshouse Charity (£113k) and The John Abbott's Trustees Ladies' Home (£111k).