GREENWICH HOUSING RIGHTS

Registered charity 1089705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To give free advice and assistance on housing problems and accommodation to persons resident , working or wishing to be resident the Boro of Greenwich.To promote and undertake research into housing problems of individuals or groups in the communityTo undertake or co-operate in the education and training of people living or working in Greenwich on their housing rights and responsibilities

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY OF PERSONS IN GREENWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE CONCERNING HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION ISSUES; AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT HOUSING MATTERS.

Area of benefit: GREENWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,400,000, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £150,000 for the year, funded by increased donations and grants, while maintaining a going concern basis with adequate resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 02/02/2026, 2 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 05/02/2025, 5 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Royal Borough of Greenwich — “We are mainly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Legal Aid Agency to provide free legal advice and representation in housing m…” (source page)
• Legal Aid Agency — “We are mainly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Legal Aid Agency to provide free legal advice and representation in housing m…” (source page)
• Legal Education Trust — “We are mainly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Legal Aid Agency to provide free legal advice and representation in housing m…” (source page)
• Trust for London — “We are mainly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Legal Aid Agency to provide free legal advice and representation in housing m…” (source page)
• Community Justice Fund — “We are mainly funded by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the Legal Aid Agency to provide free legal advice and representation in housing m…” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FRANCK KIANGALA
• Graham Littlewood
• Jessica Helen Hodge
• MICHAEL PHILLIPS
• Mohamed Ibrahim Conteh
• Naomi Smith
• Raminder Grewal
• SIRAJ CHOUDHURY

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

Operates in: Bromley · Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Citizens Advice Greenwich.

• Citizens Advice Greenwich income £990k
• ADVOCACY IN GREENWICH income £144k
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE GREENWICH income £335k
• NHS GREENWICH CHARITABLE FUNDS income £134k
• HEALTHWATCH GREENWICH LIMITED income £300k
• BOGNOR HOUSING TRUST income £376k

Side by side with its peers

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