Charity Accounts Intelreading the accounts so you don’t have to

CAYSH

Registered charity 1026822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A Y S H, CROYDON ASSOCIATION FOR YOUNG SINGLE HOMELESS

CAYSH provides housing, support and advice to young people (aged 16 to 25). Our charitable objectives are the relief of poverty, hardship, distress in particular, the provision of advice, affordable accommodation and support. CAYSH also established (and wholly owns) a Community Interest Company providing Concierge security services for residents of other providers' supported housing.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Group recorded a surplus of £20,457 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £2,572,083 and expenditure of £2,551,628. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and that unrestricted reserves of £575,084 exceed the stated policy target of £510,941.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee earned between £70,000 and £79,999 during the year” — page 27
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee earned between £70,000 and £79,999 during the year” — page 27
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“No associated expenditure occurred in either the current year, nor the prior year” — page 25
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £510,941 (held: £575k)
“The up-dated policy requires reserves to be held of £510,941. This level represents the Board’s estimate of the potential costs of closing the Group’s operations.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: CAYSH Enterprise CIC
“CAYSH owns 100% of the shares in CAYSH Enterprises CIC, a social enterprise registered at Companies House.” — page 3
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bryden Johnson Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CAYSH (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£17k
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£591k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (59% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Croydon · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Merton · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£2.6m£2.5m
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.8m
31/03/2024£3.0m£2.8m
31/03/2023£3.3m£3.3m
31/03/2022£4.0m£4.0m

Common questions

Is CAYSH financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the Group recorded a surplus of £20,457 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £2,572,083 and expenditure of £2,551,628. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and that unrestricted reserves of £575,084 exceed the stated policy target of £510,941. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Bryden Johnson Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CAYSH earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ABSTRACT FOUNDATION1£250k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM1£40k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC1£25k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST1£8k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£5k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHANDLER'S FORD1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL ELTHAM YOUTH PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAYSH£2.6m£70,001 - £80,0001above0.0%no doubt
CENTRAL ELTHAM YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£179k—0above—no doubt
YASEEN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LTD FY2025£578k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTHSAYERS CIO FY2025£102k—0above—no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026£13.0m——above—no doubt
GISDA CYFYNGEDIG / ARFON YOUNG SINGLE HOMELESS GROUP FY2025£2.4m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.