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The Cooper and Adkinson Almshouse Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 245824KentHousing and shelter
Income£26k2025-03-31
Spending£45ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause36th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1965Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Cooper and Adkinson Almshouse Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 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 Cooper and Adkinson Almshouse Charity reported income of £26k and spending of £45k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £26k to £26k (-0.1%), an average of +-0.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Cooper and Adkinson Almshouse Charity sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Louisa Powell's Almshouse Charity (£26k), Oving Almshouse Trust (£26k) and Stevens' Almshouses (£26k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£23k£34k£45k2021 Income: £26,2372021 Spending: £10,16220212022 Income: £25,6952022 Spending: £24,78120222023 Income: £25,8782023 Spending: £14,40220232024 Income: £26,5562024 Spending: £38,19220242025 Income: £26,2012025 Spending: £45,0782025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Providing, maintaining and managing six Almshouses for persons of good character who are in need and are inhabitants of Canterbury

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Louisa Powell's Almshouse CharityLudlow£26k
Oving Almshouse TrustChichester£26k
Stevens' AlmshousesThetford£26k
Skinnergate AlmshousesDarlington£26k