The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity

Analysis

The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity reported income of £31k and spending of £41k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £31k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parker and Ashcombe Almshouse Charity sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music in Ministry Trust (£31k), Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows and Dependants Fund (£31k) and Lincoln College Vacation Project (£31k).

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.