Ottley Cottage Homes Trust

Analysis

Ottley Cottage Homes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Goole. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ottley Cottage Homes Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £20k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £24k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Ottley Cottage Homes Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lovibond's Almshouse Charity (£23k), Broxtead Housing Trust Limited (£24k) and William Carr's Almshouses (£23k).