The Hirst Cottage Homes, Incorporating the Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses

Analysis

The Hirst Cottage Homes, Incorporating the Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in August 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 December 2025, The Hirst Cottage Homes, Incorporating the Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses reported income of £17k and spending of £9,719, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £17k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 549%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Hirst Cottage Homes, Incorporating the Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Stephen's Church of England School (£17k), Aldbury Almshouse Charity (£17k) and Town Land (£17k).