The Slocombe Cottages for the Aged and Infirm

Analysis

The Slocombe Cottages for the Aged and Infirm is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in February 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 September 2025, The Slocombe Cottages for the Aged and Infirm reported income of £16k and spending of £28k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 169% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Slocombe Cottages for the Aged and Infirm sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rockbeare Village Hall (£16k), St Augustine's Housing Trust (£16k) and Charity of William Henry Fox for a Parish Room (£16k).

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.