Wiggin Cottage Homes

Analysis

Wiggin Cottage Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 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 March 2025, Wiggin Cottage Homes reported income of £50k and spending of £28k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £50k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Wiggin Cottage Homes sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wymondham Bridewell Preservation Trust (£50k), Sir Baptist Hicks Almshouses (£50k) and Annie Bertha Lloyd (£49k).