Cowdray Dwellings Trust

Analysis

Cowdray Dwellings Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Cowdray Dwellings Trust reported income of £625k and spending of £649k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £526k to £625k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cowdray Dwellings Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calvary Apostolic Assembly (£624k), The Magpie Project (£626k) and Chafford Hundred Community Church (£624k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 90% and charitable activities 10%. Charitable activities took 5.6% of spending and raising funds 94%. Grants to other organisations totalled £25k. Reserves of £26.9m would cover about 498 months of spending at that rate.