Fuel Allotment Otherwise Known As the Poors Allotment

Analysis

Fuel Allotment Otherwise Known As the Poors Allotment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dereham. It was registered in January 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Fuel Allotment Otherwise Known As the Poors Allotment reported income of £36k and spending of £39k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £33k to £36k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fuel Allotment Otherwise Known As the Poors Allotment sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stow-On-The-Wold Almshouse Charity (£35k), Sir Anthony Ashley's Almshouses (£36k) and Charities of Richard Poyntz and Others (£35k).