Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses

Analysis

Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1986, 40 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses reported income of £284k and spending of £359k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £245k to £284k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Almshouses sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shepherds Bush Mosque (£284k), The Hillier Almshouses (£285k) and The Association of Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus (£283k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.