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John Franklyn's Almshouses (Including Subsidiary Charity of Mary Rosamond Walter)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 210899MaidstonePoverty relief
Income£28k2026-04-05
Spending£81ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause47th pctPoverty relief
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

John Franklyn's Almshouses (Including Subsidiary Charity of Mary Rosamond Walter) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in September 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 April 2026, John Franklyn's Almshouses (Including Subsidiary Charity of Mary Rosamond Walter) reported income of £28k and spending of £81k, spending 290% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £28k to £28k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, John Franklyn's Almshouses (Including Subsidiary Charity of Mary Rosamond Walter) sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 58:12 (£28k), Asian Welfare Trust (£28k) and RCCG Faith House Reading (£28k).

Income and spending

£0£20k£41k£61k£81k2022 Income: £27,5652022 Spending: £21,04220222023 Income: £14,9982023 Spending: £13,86720232024 Income: £28,3002024 Spending: £13,75520242025 Income: £28,0742025 Spending: £15,04420252026 Income: £28,0402026 Spending: £81,3902026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We provide six almshouse cottages in East Farleigh for the poor of the Parish

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
58:12Purley£28k
Asian Welfare TrustLondon£28k
RCCG Faith House ReadingRg6 3xa£28k
Jacob's Well (Derby)Derby£28k