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Percy William Ratcliff Cottages

RegisteredRegistered charity number 217665StaffordshireHousing and shelter
Income£18k2025-12-31
Spending£97ksame year
Spent / received157%5-year average
Size in its cause27th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1964Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Percy William Ratcliff Cottages is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in February 1964, 62 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 December 2025, Percy William Ratcliff Cottages reported income of £18k and spending of £97k, spending 522% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £18k (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 157% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Percy William Ratcliff Cottages sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chorley Consolidated Charity (£18k), The Bovey Tracey Town Trust (£19k) and Wray's Homes Ossett (£18k).

Income and spending

£0£24k£48k£72k£97k2021 Income: £17,6882021 Spending: £3,88820212022 Income: £15,0452022 Spending: £10,62920222023 Income: £19,5372023 Spending: £20,92720232024 Income: £20,9072024 Spending: £12,20920242025 Income: £18,4912025 Spending: £96,5372025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The provision of Almshouses in the village of Newton Solney

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Chorley Consolidated CharityChorley£18k
The Bovey Tracey Town TrustNewton Abbot£19k
Wray's Homes OssettWest Yorkshire£18k
Crane Educational FoundationLancashire£19k