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C J Gallard's Almshouses

RegisteredRegistered charity number 209787Tunbridge WellsHousing and shelter
Income£260k2025-12-31
Spending£169ksame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

C J Gallard's Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, C J Gallard's Almshouses reported income of £260k and spending of £169k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £139k to £260k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, C J Gallard's Almshouses sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guildhall Feoffment (£259k), The Abbeyfield Oxford Society Limited (£262k) and Forest Hill (Sheltered) Housing Limited (£257k).

Income and spending

£0£65k£130k£195k£260k2021 Income: £139,3212021 Spending: £158,02820212022 Income: £154,0802022 Spending: £152,83420222023 Income: £163,0212023 Spending: £151,00020232024 Income: £175,7562024 Spending: £167,57520242025 Income: £259,8782025 Spending: £169,0652025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision and maintenance of Almshouses' flats, and support, to elderly and needy people from the Borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Guildhall FeoffmentSuffolk£259k
The Abbeyfield Oxford Society LimitedOxford£262k
Forest Hill (Sheltered) Housing LimitedLeeds£257k
Latimer Congregational ChurchLondon£262k