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Alvechurch Almshouse Charity

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 214948BirminghamHousing and shelter
Income£61k2024-12-31
Spending£54ksame year
Spent / received83%4-year average
Size in its cause56th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Alvechurch Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Alvechurch Almshouse Charity reported income of £61k and spending of £54k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £43k to £61k (+41%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Alvechurch Almshouse Charity sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Llewellyn Almshouses (£61k), The Almshouse Charity of Wynn Ellis (£61k) and The Birch, Samson and Littleton United Charities (£61k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.

Income and spending

£0£15k£31k£46k£61k2021 Income: £43,3552021 Spending: £35,96020212022 Income: £51,2672022 Spending: £47,77820222023 Income: £61,4962023 Spending: £42,61520232024 Income: £61,0282024 Spending: £54,0022024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provides housing for people in need who are over 60 and have lived in the Parish of Alvechurch for at least one year.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Llewellyn AlmshousesSwansea£61k
The Almshouse Charity of Wynn EllisKent£61k
The Birch, Samson and Littleton United CharitiesRugeley£61k
Thames Ditton Almshouse CharityKington£61k