FORWARD HOUSING

Registered charity 1078391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORWARD HOUSING SW · also registered in Scotland as SC045082 (OSCR)

Provision of specialist accommodation for people with a learning disability

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £1.2m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by gains on property sales and revaluations, despite a loss on charitable activities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6.3m, with the charity relying on intra-group support and a transformation plan to maintain financial sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of relevant costs (held: £6.3m)

“Instead, trustees have determined that they should either maintain, or have access to, sufficient working capital to allow the charity to continue to be managed and to deliver its overall charitable purposes by being able to sustain six months of relevant costs.” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

37 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£3.0m

Reserves (reported)

£6.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

JEAN CURD · trustee of 2 other charities
John Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Joshua Prince
Lorna Havard Weston · trustee of 2 other charities
Matthew Smith
Rebecca Mary Silvester

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.5m	£3.0m
31/03/2024	£2.2m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£1.9m	£2.3m
31/03/2022	£1.7m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is FORWARD HOUSING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £1.2m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by gains on property sales and revaluations, despite a loss on charitable activities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £6.3m, with the charity relying on intra-group support and a transformation plan to maintain financial sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£5k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED.

ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £6.9m
FOCUS HOUSING NW income £400k
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £11.0m
STROUD & DISTRICT HOMES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.6m
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FORWARD HOUSING	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025	£6.9m	£110,001 - £120,000	1	below	—	no doubt
FOCUS HOUSING NW FY2026	£400k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£11.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STROUD & DISTRICT HOMES FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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