WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
Registered charity 1108779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALSALL HOUSING TRUST LIMITED
whg is one of the Midlands' leading and most successful providers of high quality housing. Owning and managing around 22,000 homes primarily in Walsall, whg provides affordable, good quality homes and community-based services to the local community. We are committed to working with customers, colleagues and our partners to transform the quality of life in our neighbourhoods.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Group reported a strong financial position with an operating surplus of £38.8m and total reserves of £285.9m. Per the trustees' report, the Group maintains a robust liquidity position with £30.3m in cash and £200m in undrawn facilities, supported by an A2 stable credit rating from Moody’s.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Pension scheme deficit: £196k
“The estimated position at 31 March 2025 shows a current deficit of £196k (2024: £269k).” — page 103
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Beever and Struthers. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Inspection and regulatory ratings
Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.
- Regulator of Social Housing — Walsall Housing Group Limited: governance G1 viability V1 consumer C1 (2024-12-18 00:00:00)
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Gary Fulford — Group Chief Executive (source)
- Dawn Hendon — Corporate Director of Governance, Compliance and Communications (source)
- Robert Gilham — Corporate Director of Strategy, Assets and Transformation (source)
- Rebecca Bennett Casserly — Corporate Director of Development (source)
- Fay Shanahan — Corporate Director of Operations and IT (source)
- Sangita Surridge — Corporate Director of Finance (source)
- Lisa Wallis — Corporate Director of People and Culture (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3,186 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3089 freehold); recorded price paid £176.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Trustpilot: whg scores 1.7/5 from 47 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (7,272 likes)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£285.9m
Reported reserves equal ~26.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Aaron John
- Craig Varian
- Deborah Walthorne
- Gary Fulford
- Gary Moreton
- Ian David Shapiro
- Katie Kershaw
- Nicola McGowan
- Nicola Pease · trustee of 1 other charity
- Parminder Dosanjh Kaur
- Rebecca Jade Clarke
- Richard Geoffrey Wooley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a strong financial position with an operating surplus of £38.8m and total reserves of £285.9m. Per the trustees' report, the Group maintains a robust liquidity position with £30.3m in cash and £200m in undrawn facilities, supported by an A2 stable credit rating from Moody’s. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Beever and Struthers.
Who funds WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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