Agnes Backhouse Annuity Fund

Analysis

Agnes Backhouse Annuity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Agnes Backhouse Annuity Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £22k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £16k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Agnes Backhouse Annuity Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Crispin's Church (£16k), Lord Mayor's Poor and Distressed Fund (£16k) and Lewisham Churches for Asylum Seekers (£16k).