The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes

Analysis

The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in May 1965, 61 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, The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes reported income of £19k and spending of £21k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,630 to £19k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The William and Sophia Derisley Cottage Homes sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mrs Levett's Charity (£19k), Baker and Tucker Almshouse Charity (Otherwise Bourton Almshouses) (£19k) and Buddhist Essential Support Trust (£19k).