Buxted Almshouses (Including Bequest of Lady Catherine Julia Harcourt)

Analysis

Buxted Almshouses (Including Bequest of Lady Catherine Julia Harcourt) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in July 1972, 54 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, Buxted Almshouses (Including Bequest of Lady Catherine Julia Harcourt) reported income of £15k and spending of £11k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,250 to £15k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Buxted Almshouses (Including Bequest of Lady Catherine Julia Harcourt) sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harry Wilde Memorial Homes (£15k), Transformation Powerhouse (£15k) and Singleton Church of England School House (£15k).