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Adelaide Litten Charitable Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 219512LondonHousing and shelter
Income£96k2025-06-30
Spending£94ksame year
Spent / received110%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1970Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Adelaide Litten Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Adelaide Litten Charitable Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £94k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £70k to £96k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Adelaide Litten Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include River Christian Centre Limited (£96k), The Walker Barstow Homes (£96k) and The Hospital of Reverend William James (£96k).

Income and spending

£0£44k£87k£131k£174k2021 Income: £69,9752021 Spending: £98,89420212022 Income: £88,4422022 Spending: £60,05920222023 Income: £109,4292023 Spending: £88,08620232024 Income: £104,8022024 Spending: £174,04720242025 Income: £95,8192025 Spending: £93,6062025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The principal objects of the Charity are:(a) to relieve members of the Order who are in need, hardship or distress;(b) to provide and maintain residential homes for the use of such members;(c) to relieve or provide residential homes for dependants of members;(d) to relieve former members and their dependants as per (c);(e) to further other charitable purposes as Trustees determine.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
River Christian Centre LimitedLondon£96k
The Walker Barstow HomesCleveland£96k
The Hospital of Reverend William JamesLeeds£96k
St Joseph's AlmshousesLondon£96k