The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity

Analysis

The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aughton. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity reported income of £29k and spending of £31k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £29k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity 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 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlemore's Almshouses (£29k), William Barringer Charity (£29k) and The James Tomkinson Memorial Cottages Trust (£29k).

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.