Hereford Municipal Charities

Analysis

Hereford Municipal Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in April 1972, 54 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hereford Municipal Charities reported income of £479k and spending of £297k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £406k to £479k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hereford Municipal Charities sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latin American House (£478k), Dushinsky Trust Limited (£479k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's, Bletchley (£478k).