Causeway Charitable Services

Registered charity 1110314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITY HEARTS (UK), HOPE CITY ENTERPRISE

Causeway supports marginalised and vulnerable people to recover from trauma and develop safe and fulfilling futures. Our modern slavery and crime reduction services include safe houses, outreach and community programmes, holistic crisis interventions and signposting into counselling, training and employment. We drive change nationally through research, campaigning and strategic partnerships.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£9.0m
Latest spending
£9.5m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £560,478 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £3,173,390 to £2,612,912. The trustees note that the charity's main contractual income is due for renewal and that the organisation emerged as slightly smaller following job losses and the cessation of certain programmes due to external financial pressures. Despite these challenges, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: 2025 Number £60,001-£70,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: 2025 Number £60,001-£70,000 1” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of current operating costs (held: £2.3m)
“In line with good practice and our policy, Causeway seeks to hold between three and six months of current operating costs in reserve for unforeseen circumstances” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £390k. 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
£9.0m
Total spending
£9.5m
Cost of raising funds
£136k
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
171

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.5% 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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£9.0m£9.5m
31/03/2024£9.6m£9.8m
31/03/2023£8.0m£7.6m
31/03/2022£6.5m£6.3m
31/03/2021£6.1m£5.3m

Common questions

Is Causeway Charitable Services financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £560,478 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £3,173,390 to £2,612,912. The trustees note that the charity's main contractual income is due for renewal and that the organisation emerged as slightly smaller following job losses and the cessation of certain programmes due to external financial pressures. Despite these challenges, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of Causeway Charitable Services earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Causeway Charitable Services?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Causeway Charitable Services as a grant recipient include CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, IMAGINE IF TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUSTFY2023£4kGeneral Charitable
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
IMAGINE IF TRUSTFY2024£635The relief of hardship and the advancement of education
IMAGINE IF TRUSTFY2025£125Grants to institutions

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2009£10kCity Hearts
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2006£5kMegalearn

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 CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Causeway Charitable Services£9.0m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD FY2025£772k——above—no doubt
COVENTRY RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
SMART CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
PASSAGE 2000 FY2025£11.1m—0within—no doubt

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