DEPAUL HOUSING SERVICES

Registered charity 1155073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charitable company was formed in 2013 and became a registered social landlord in 2014. The company owns and manages accommodation services for the benefit of homeless young people within the Tyneside and Manchester areas, as well the London Borough of Haringey.

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11k for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £601k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a letter of support from its parent company, Depaul UK, through December 2026. The charity does not directly employ staff, relying instead on management charges from its parent entity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental Income (85% of income)
“rental income increasing by £218k to £904k this year (2023: £686k).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management costs, loan interest, and payments made on behalf of the charity by the parent company.
“During the year, the transactions owed to Depaul UK by the Charity consist of £12k (2023:£12k) for management costs, £9k (2023: £3k) for loan interest and £2,606k (2023: £718k) for payments that DPUK paid on behalf of the Charity, including £202k (2023: £424k) for the purchase of the three properties (2023: six) in Middlesbrough and £2,160k towards a property purchase in London.” — page 26
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£210k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

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

Operates in: Haringey · Manchester City · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.1m£1.0m
31/12/2023£858k£817k
31/12/2022£448k£432k
31/12/2021£113k£115k
31/12/2020£499k£66k

Common questions

Is DEPAUL HOUSING SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11k for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £601k. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a letter of support from its parent company, Depaul UK, through December 2026. The charity does not directly employ staff, relying instead on management charges from its parent entity. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEPAUL UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEPAUL HOUSING SERVICES£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
DEPAUL UK FY2024£25.3m£90,001 - £100,000—below27.0%no doubt
SHAP LTD FY2025£4.4m——unclear—no doubt
PASSAGE HOUSING SERVICES FY2025£481k—0unclear—no doubt
RUSH HOUSE LTD FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
DEPAUL INTERNATIONAL FY2024£73.5m£100,001 and above—above—no doubt

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