CALICO HOMES LIMITED

Registered charity 1151945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR SERVICES FOR POOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE; THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, PROMOTING ECONOMIC / COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£35.2m
Latest spending
£26.3m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1.528m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £6.361m. Although the statement of financial position records a net current liabilities position of £4.099m, the trustees confirm this is in line with the 30-year business plan and supported by sufficient cash resources and undrawn credit facilities to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Safenet Domestic Abuse Service recharges for rents and office costs.
“During the year, the company recharged rents and office costs to Safenet totalling £715k” — page 58
“During the year, the company recharged office costs to Delphi totalling £271k” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Delphi Medical Limited recharges for office costs.
“During the year, the company recharged rents and office costs to Safenet totalling £715k” — page 58
“During the year, the company recharged office costs to Delphi totalling £271k” — page 58
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Regulator of Social Housing inspection resulted in a Governance rating of G2, noting improvements needed to demonstrate independent decision making and improved transparency.
“The Governance rating of G2 noted that improvements are needed to demonstrate Calico Homes independent decision making and improved transparency across the Group.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Calico Group Limited
“Calico Homes Limited is a subsidiary of The Calico Group Limited (“Calico”).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Calico Homes Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

657 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (338 freehold); recorded price paid £37.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£35.2m
Total spending
£26.3m
Reserves (reported)
£6.4m
Employees
279

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£35.2m£26.3m
31/03/2024£32.5m£24.6m
31/03/2023£30.9m£29.4m
31/03/2022£28.6m£26.5m
31/03/2021£26.7m£23.0m

Common questions

Is CALICO HOMES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1.528m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £6.361m. Although the statement of financial position records a net current liabilities position of £4.099m, the trustees confirm this is in line with the 30-year business plan and supported by sufficient cash resources and undrawn credit facilities to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/05/2018£29k"Happy and Proud"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVERSIDE ESTUARY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALICO HOMES LIMITED£35.2m——unclear—no doubt
RIVERSIDE ESTUARY LIMITED FY2025£5.6m—0unclear—no doubt
KEELMAN HOMES LIMITED FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
TCUK HOMES LIMITED FY2025£6.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED FY2025£7.6m——unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt

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