ABIGAIL HOUSING

Registered charity 1120729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Abigail Housing provides supported housing for those at the end of the asylum process.

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Latest income
£511k
Latest spending
£567k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £56,566 for the year, resulting in free reserves of £40,868. This figure is explicitly noted as being below the charity's stated lower reserves limit of £104,750. The trustees attribute this shortfall to ongoing environmental challenges and are implementing cost management and fundraising measures to rebuild reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £41k; policy: Lower limit: £104,750)
“Free reserves at year end were below the level set out in the charity’s reserves policy.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 £88k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£511k
Total spending
£567k
Reserves (reported)
£41k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£511k£567k
31/12/2024£569k£563k
31/12/2023£578k£629k
31/12/2022£576k£643k
31/12/2021£954k£623k

Common questions

Is ABIGAIL HOUSING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £56,566 for the year, resulting in free reserves of £40,868. This figure is explicitly noted as being below the charity's stated lower reserves limit of £104,750. The trustees attribute this shortfall to ongoing environmental challenges and are implementing cost management and fundraising measures to rebuild reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ABIGAIL HOUSING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ABIGAIL HOUSING as a grant recipient include BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust11/06/2026£25kA grant to Abigail Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund14/11/2025£20kSupporting Asylum Seekers with Community Engagement to Rebuild their Lives
A B Charitable Trust17/06/2025£25kA grant to Abigail Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2024£20kSupporting Asylum Seekers To Move On With Their Lives
A B Charitable Trust04/07/2024£25kA grant to Abigail Housing
A B Charitable Trust04/07/2023£22kA grant to Abigail Housing
A B Charitable Trust06/12/2021£20kA grant to Abigail Housing
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2021£10kBradford Project Weekly Drop-in
A B Charitable Trust04/12/2020£20kA grant to Abigail Housing
Barrow Cadbury Trust21/09/2020£24kCOVID-19 - Abigail Housing
A B Charitable Trust09/01/2020£20kA grant to Abigail Housing
A B Charitable Trust03/07/2018£15kA grant to Abigail Housing
A B Charitable Trust25/10/2016£10kSupported housing for refused asylum seekers
A B Charitable Trust20/10/2015£8kSupported housing for refused asylum-seekers.
A B Charitable Trust08/07/2014£10ksupported housing for refused asylum seekers
A B Charitable Trust22/01/2013£8kSupported housing for refused asylum seekers

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 THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ABIGAIL HOUSING£511k—0below—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD (CAMBORNE) SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£275k—0within—no doubt
Alabare FY2025£12.7m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025£6.9m£110,001 - £120,0001below—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD YORK SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£895k—0below—no doubt

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