One Housing Foundation
Registered charity 1097503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARLINGTON FUTURES, COMMUNITY ACTION, COMMUNITY ACTION LONDON
Work with the homeless and disadvantaged to improve the quality of their lives by providing advice, opportunities and support in areas such as employment and training, financial management, health and education, leisure, sports and the arts.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity intends to liquidate and has been prepared on a basis other than going concern, resulting in negative total funds of £352,000. The trustees note that The Riverside Group will cover the remaining deficit balance until the foundation dissolves.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 employee received emoluments, excluding pension contributions and employers national insurance, but including benefits in kind and termination payments, for the period in excess of £60,000 (2024 £60,000).” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The trustees intend to liquidate the charity and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
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.
- HAYDAY, Matthew David — director, appointed 01/09/2026on trustee list
- OWEN, Laura — director, appointed 11/06/2025on trustee list
- GRAVESANDE, Nathan Nathanial — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
- SHANAB, Sara — secretary, appointed 01/06/2022
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)
Cost of raising funds
£43k
Reported reserves equal ~11.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Nathan Nathanial Gravesandechair
- Laura Owen
- Matthew David Hayday
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is One Housing Foundation financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity intends to liquidate and has been prepared on a basis other than going concern, resulting in negative total funds of £352,000. The trustees note that The Riverside Group will cover the remaining deficit balance until the foundation dissolves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.
Who funds One Housing Foundation?
Funders whose own accounts filings name One Housing Foundation as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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