Howard de Walden Hostel Charity

Analysis

Howard de Walden Hostel Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Howard de Walden Hostel Charity reported income of £91k and spending of £97k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £64k to £91k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Howard de Walden Hostel Charity sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Anne's Homes (£91k), Pontefract and Ackworth Almshouse Charity (£91k) and Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth (£91k).

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.