COMMUNITY HOUSING AND THERAPY
Registered charity 1040713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C H T
Community Housing and Therapy is a charity that runs residential units for those with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. CHT's therapeutic and rehabilitative programme is designed to create a structure that will lead to recovery, employment and eventual independence.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity posted a surplus of £129,821 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £3,986,894. However, the trustees' report notes that occupancy levels dropped to an unsustainably low level of under 80% by the end of the period, a trend that continued into the following year, leading to a forecast significant decrease in reserves.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £600k (held: £2.8m)
“1) To maintain, as a minimum, reserves sufficient to fund day to day business commitments: £500k. 2) To have reserves, on top of the above minimum, for capital expenditure: £100k. 3) Any extra reserves above £600k will be utilized to support potential expansion.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Dr Susan Mizen received £24,000 for consultancy services.
“One of the trustees, Dr Susan Mizen, worked as a consultant during the year with a total payment of £24,000.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dr Susan Mizen, a trustee, received payment for consultancy services.
“One of the trustees, Dr Susan Mizen, worked as a consultant during the year with a total payment of £24,000.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Housing and Therapy (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- RAKSIT, Monomita — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
- KHAWANI - CONNETT, Neelam — director, appointed 25/03/2024not on trustee list
- ROBBIN COKER, Roger Hilary — director, appointed 25/03/2024not on trustee list
- EELES, Laura Joanne — director, appointed 28/02/2022on trustee list
- WATSON, Michael — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
- ROWE, Lynsey — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
- ORAM, Sebastian Peter Richard — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Community Housing and Therapy — Registered, 6 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 11/05/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Mount Lodge: Requires improvement (19/12/2018) · CQC record
- Highams Lodge: Good (08/09/2023) · CQC record
- Lilias Gillies House: Good (27/07/2022) · CQC record
- Michael Watsonchair
- Laura Eeles
- Lynsey Rowe
- Monomita Raksit
- Neelam Khawani-Connett · trustee of 1 other charity
- Roger Hilary Robbin Coker
- Sebastian Oram
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Croydon · East Sussex · Kingston Upon Thames · Waltham Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY HOUSING AND THERAPY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a surplus of £129,821 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £3,986,894. However, the trustees' report notes that occupancy levels dropped to an unsustainably low level of under 80% by the end of the period, a trend that continued into the following year, leading to a forecast significant decrease in reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING AND THERAPY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY HOUSING AND THERAPY as a grant recipient include THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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