The Almshouse Charity of Sir Edmund Wright Crewe and Others

Analysis

The Almshouse Charity of Sir Edmund Wright Crewe and Others is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in November 1973, 53 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 Almshouse Charity of Sir Edmund Wright Crewe and Others reported income of £166k and spending of £194k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £105k to £166k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Almshouse Charity of Sir Edmund Wright Crewe and Others sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abbeyfield Tiverton Society Limited (£166k), Heaton Place Charitable Trust (£167k) and The Abbeyfield Crowborough Society Limited (£164k).

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.