The Sarah and Christopher Smithson Memorial Homes

Analysis

The Sarah and Christopher Smithson Memorial Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in February 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sarah and Christopher Smithson Memorial Homes reported income of £13k and spending of £5,956, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £16k to £13k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Sarah and Christopher Smithson Memorial Homes sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tymperon's Almshouse Charity (£13k), Hope and Future Worldwide (£13k) and Greenfields Community Centre (£13k).