Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities

Analysis

Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochester. It was registered in December 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities reported income of £379k and spending of £27.4m, spending 7221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £379k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 568% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Richard Watts and the City of Rochester Almshouse Charities sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kollel Tiferes Shmuel Ltd (£379k), Christian City Church - Cheltenham (£380k) and Maindee Unlimited (£379k).

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.