Skelmanthorpe Cottage Homes

Analysis

Skelmanthorpe Cottage Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in November 1973, 53 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 April 2025, Skelmanthorpe Cottage Homes reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £23k to £20k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Skelmanthorpe Cottage Homes sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Hoskyns Charity (£20k), Charity of Miss Mary Ann Scotney for Almshouses (£20k) and Elusendai Ymddiriedolaeth Charles Jones / Almshouse Charity of Charles Jones (£20k).