Harry Hames Cottage Charity

Analysis

Harry Hames Cottage Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harry Hames Cottage Charity reported income of £37k and spending of £30k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £37k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Harry Hames Cottage Charity sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Olive Ministries (£37k), Stak St Austell Community Kitchen (£37k) and Lola's Homeless Ladder (£37k).