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Margaret Hyde

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 211606KentHousing and shelter
Income£34k2025-12-31
Spending£52ksame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctHousing and shelter
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Margaret Hyde is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1963, 63 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, Margaret Hyde reported income of £34k and spending of £52k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £34k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Margaret Hyde sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frost's Charity (£34k), Seasalter Parish Charities (£34k) and Lightbown Cottage Homes Trust (£34k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£13k£26k£39k£52k2021 Income: £25,0352021 Spending: £6,44220212022 Income: £25,0372022 Spending: £15,29420222023 Income: £25,0382023 Spending: £5,08020232024 Income: £24,7582024 Spending: £22,83520242025 Income: £34,1572025 Spending: £51,8262025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Provides and maintains 4 properties for elderly/poor in local parish of Chiddingstone, Kent at a low charge

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Frost's CharityLoughborough£34k
Seasalter Parish CharitiesWhitstable£34k
Lightbown Cottage Homes TrustDarwen£34k
Mary Sinclair Watson Charitable TrustWhiteley£34k