William Walton Cottage Homes

Analysis

William Walton Cottage Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, William Walton Cottage Homes reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £19k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, William Walton Cottage Homes sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% 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 Baker and Tucker Almshouse Charity (Otherwise Bourton Almshouses) (£19k), Town's Almshouses (£19k) and The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.