The Charlesworth Charity

Analysis

The Charlesworth Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 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 Charlesworth Charity reported income of £15k and spending of £5,479, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £15k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Charlesworth Charity sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% 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 Spital Almshouses (£15k), Old Cleeve Memorial Cottages (£15k) and Onesimus Philemon Trust Immanuel Ministries, Optim (£15k).