The Brighouse Old People's Welfare Committee

Analysis

The Brighouse Old People's Welfare Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighouse. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Brighouse Old People's Welfare Committee reported income of £34k and spending of £29k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,252 to £34k (+555%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Brighouse Old People's Welfare Committee sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tutela Africa (£34k), The Rotary Club of Chislehurst Benevolent Fund (£34k) and Unified Body of Christ Church International (£34k).