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Registered charity · London

The Drapers' Almshouse Charity

The Drapers' Almshouse Charity is a registered charity (number 209850) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £1.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £1.6m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Drapers' Company.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.thedrapers.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£2.5m
  • 2024£1.5m£2.4m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£939k
  • 2021£1.4m£1.2m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEEDAND RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AT THEACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL DECIDE.(2) THE TRUSTEE MAY UTILISE SURPLUS INCOME TO PROVIDE:(A) DAY SERVICES FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED ANDWHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT; AND/OR(B) HOME ADAPTATIONS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Board analysis

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

26.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 58.2 in 2021

2 from 4 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
209850
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 26/06/2012
Contact on the register
02075885001 · charities@thedrapers.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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