Webster Almshouse Trust

Analysis

Webster Almshouse Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. 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, Webster Almshouse Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £61k, spending 278% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 187% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Webster Almshouse Trust 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 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tibberton CLT Ltd (£22k), Hezmalhalch's Charity (£22k) and Samuel Higginson Almshouses Charity (£22k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.