Westminster Almshouses Foundation

Analysis

Westminster Almshouses Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Westminster Almshouses Foundation reported income of £840k and spending of £1.2m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £742k to £840k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Westminster Almshouses Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Futerra Solutions Union (£838k), Dhekbhal (£841k) and Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life (£837k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52% and investments 37%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £248k. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.

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.