COMMUNITY HOUSING CYMRU

Registered charity 1128527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Housing Cymru is the membership body for housing associations and community mutuals in Wales, which are all not-for-profit and provide around 158,000 homes and housing services throughout Wales. We promote the voluntary housing sector in Wales and the relief of financial hardship through the sector's provision of low cost social housing.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £488,687, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their reserves policy target. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,468 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“Emoluments of highest paid member of staff was £120,468 (2024: £115,183).” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 3

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: £60,001 - £70,000 £80,001 - £90,000 £110,001 - £120,000 £120,001 - £130,000 2025 1 1 1 2024 1 1 - 3 2” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of contractual requirements (held: £489k)

“The Policy states that " we will always seek to hold a minimum level of reserves in cash, excluding the pensions liability recorded on the balance sheet, sufficient to cover at least three months of contractual requirements in the unlikely event of the charity winding down and ceasing to trade.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £361k

“The financial statements show that the charity has unrestricted reserves of £488,687 at the year end, and held a provision for future pension liabilities of £361,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Community Housing Cymru - Policy & Research Limited

“The Trustees have reviewed the subsidiary (Community Housing Cymru - Policy & Research Limited) position at the year end” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £115,183 (FY2024) to £120,468 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (FY2024) → 3 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02380564 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

WEBB, Donna Marie — director, appointed 30/07/2026on trustee list
DANIEL, Samantha — director, appointed 30/07/2026on trustee list
OAK, Joanne Helena — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
ATTWOOD, Louise — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
PICKETT, Brian John — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
OAKLEY, Gerraint James — director, appointed 19/11/2024on trustee list
LEE, Sharon — director, appointed 11/04/2024on trustee list
SCHOFIELD, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 11/04/2024on trustee list
STORR-BARBER, Rachel — director, appointed 11/04/2024on trustee list
BARRY, Stacy Josephine Sylvia — director, appointed 11/04/2024on trustee list
BARRETT, Hugh Andrew — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
ROWLANDS, Aled Huw — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
BURGESS, Kyle — director, appointed 04/12/2020on trustee list
DAVIES, Beverley — secretary, appointed 13/07/2026

Official officers record.

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

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£1.9m

Reserves (reported)

£489k

Employees

19

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Aled Rowlands
Brian John Pickett
Donna Webb
Gerraint James Oakley
Hugh Andrew Barrett
Joanne Helena Oak · trustee of 1 other charity
Kyle Burgess
Louise Attwood
Rachel Storr-Barber
Samantha Daniel
Sarah Louise Schofield · trustee of 1 other charity
Sharon Lee
Stacy Josephine Sylvia Barry

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.1m	£1.9m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£1.7m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/03/2021	£1.8m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY HOUSING CYMRU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £488,687, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their reserves policy target. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of COMMUNITY HOUSING CYMRU earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,468 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/01/2011	£249k	Moneyline Cymru - Money Advice

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	2	£1.1m
BUILDING COMMUNITIES TRUSTEE LIMITED	1	£319k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£219k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£102k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£39k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£35k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED.

WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED income £5.1m
CARTREFI CYMRU CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED income £42.9m
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 income £2.8m
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HOUSING income £10.0m
ADVOCACY SUPPORT IN CYMRU LTD income £2.4m
COMMUNITY HOUSING AND THERAPY income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMMUNITY HOUSING CYMRU	£2.1m	£120,468	3	above	—	no doubt
WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED FY2025	£5.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARTREFI CYMRU CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED FY2025	£42.9m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HOUSING FY2025	£10.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ADVOCACY SUPPORT IN CYMRU LTD FY2025	£2.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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