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Hester Clark's Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 218569LeominsterHousing and shelter
Income£15k2025-12-31
Spending£7,807same year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause21st pctHousing and shelter
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Hester Clark's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leominster. It was registered in June 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 December 2025, Hester Clark's Charity reported income of £15k and spending of £7,807, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £15k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Hester Clark's Charity sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calverhall Almshouse Charity (£15k), Belsize Charitable Trust No 2 (£15k) and St Mary's Almshouse (£15k).

Income and spending

£0£3,878£7,756£12k£16k2021 Income: £10,9462021 Spending: £14,45920212022 Income: £9,6262022 Spending: £6,08020222023 Income: £10,2062023 Spending: £9,58420232024 Income: £9,9232024 Spending: £15,51120242025 Income: £14,5782025 Spending: £7,8072025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity is responsible for the management of four Almshouses. The persons eligible are local widows over the age of 60.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Calverhall Almshouse CharityShropshire£15k
Belsize Charitable Trust No 2Whiteley£15k
St Mary's AlmshouseBristol£15k
John Higgott's AlmshousesBurton-on-Trent£15k