Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses

Analysis

Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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, Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £3.7m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teen Challenge UK (£3.7m), Eleanor Palmer Trust (£3.8m) and Wiseheights Limited (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63% and investments 37%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 8.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £32k. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.

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.