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Banastre - Lord Maynard's Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 212599DunmowHousing and shelter
Income£17k2025-12-31
Spending£12ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause25th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Banastre - Lord Maynard's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunmow. 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, Banastre - Lord Maynard's Charity reported income of £17k and spending of £12k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Banastre - Lord Maynard's Charity sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brookside Cottage Homes (£17k), Pendoylan Parish Houses Charity (£17k) and Mary Ann Ellen Frow for Almshouses in Connection with the John Robinson Memorial Church (£17k).

Income and spending

£0£5,395£11k£16k£22k2021 Income: £13,1662021 Spending: £5,00020212022 Income: £14,5912022 Spending: £21,58020222023 Income: £14,6372023 Spending: £16,24920232024 Income: £16,7672024 Spending: £6,01920242025 Income: £17,1462025 Spending: £12,4342025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To provide accomodation for widows who are in need and who are inhabitants of the parish of Little Easton or in the neighbouring parish

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Brookside Cottage HomesStaffordshire£17k
Pendoylan Parish Houses CharityGwent£17k
Mary Ann Ellen Frow for Almshouses in Connection with the John Robinson Memorial ChurchGainsborough£17k
The Benjamin and Anna Jane Gliddon Memorial HomesSomerset£17k