The Almshouse Association

Analysis

The Almshouse Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windsor. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04678214). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Almshouse Association reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Almshouse Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Shropshire (£1.2m), Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation (£1.2m) and Angel Welfare and Education Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, investments 18%, donations and legacies 14% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £89k. Reserves of £196k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.