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Bequest of Joseph Ewart

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 237580GodalmingHousing and shelter
Income£194k2025-03-31
Spending£32ksame year
Spent / received38%5-year average
Size in its cause73rd pctHousing and shelter
Registered1964Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bequest of Joseph Ewart is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. It was registered in November 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 March 2025, Bequest of Joseph Ewart reported income of £194k and spending of £32k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £102k to £194k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bequest of Joseph Ewart sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir William Turner's Hospital (£191k), The Egremont and Somerset Almshouse Charity (£194k) and The Indee Rose Trust (£190k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£48k£97k£145k£194k2021 Income: £102,0002021 Spending: £27,00020212022 Income: £91,0002022 Spending: £32,00020222023 Income: £126,0002023 Spending: £45,00020232024 Income: £169,0242024 Spending: £125,07720242025 Income: £193,5252025 Spending: £32,0232025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The trust builds/maintains and manages small dwellings for elderly people of limited financial resources in Farnham, Surrey

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