SOLO HOUSING (EAST ANGLIA)

Registered charity 1068017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOLO HOUSING

Originally established in 1985 as the Campaign for Single Homeless (COSH), Solo Housing (East Anglia) is a Registered Provider of Social Housing and a Registered Charity. Solo is constituted as a company limited by guarantee. We support a range of single people to overcome barriers preventing them from finding and sustaining decent accommodation.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the organisation generated a net operating surplus of £129,904 for the year ended 31 March 2026. The trustees' report indicates that the objective is to hold unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover at least six months' costs should the organisation cease to operate. No fraud was detected during the financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The organisations main source of income is rental income from individual customers along with providing services for other organisations.” — page 7
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ worth of costs
“The objective is to have unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet at least six months’ worth of costs should the organisation cease to operate.” — page 7
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Solo Housing (East Anglia) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £376k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2025£2.0m£2.0m
31/03/2024£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.6m

Common questions

Is SOLO HOUSING (EAST ANGLIA) financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the organisation generated a net operating surplus of £129,904 for the year ended 31 March 2026. The trustees' report indicates that the objective is to hold unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover at least six months' costs should the organisation cease to operate. No fraud was detected during the financial year.

Who funds SOLO HOUSING (EAST ANGLIA)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOLO HOUSING (EAST ANGLIA) as a grant recipient include THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£5kMount Fund - Homelessness

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£280kBuilding Bridges Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kNew space to support single homeless
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£10kFrom homelessness to independence
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2006£4kTranslation Project

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SINGLE HOMELESS PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOLO HOUSING (EAST ANGLIA)£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SINGLE HOMELESS PROJECT FY2025£44.0m——above—no doubt
SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
IPSWICH HOUSING ACTION GROUP LIMITED FY2025£968k—0unclear—no doubt
DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD FY2025£1.3m——above—no doubt

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