ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED
Registered charity 1156007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To deliver social objectives by co-ordinating community development activities, employment and life skills support and developing social enterprises.
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
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £108k for the year, with free reserves excluding designated funds standing at £667k. The Board maintains a reserves policy to cover three months of fixed operating costs, with a minimum level of £100,000. The charity remains financially viable with adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Ongo Homes Limited (61% of income)
“£1.11m of this income (2024: £1.07m) relates to contributions from the parent company, Ongo Homes Limited.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of fixed operating costs (minimum £100,000) (held: £667k)
“The operating cash and reserves positions should not fall below a minimum level of £100,000, which is sufficient to cover three months fixed operating costs” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Steve Hepworth — Chief Executive (source)
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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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).
- Natalie Cresswellchair
- Janice Williams
- Kacper Merta
- Karen Locking
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £108k for the year, with free reserves excluding designated funds standing at £667k. The Board maintains a reserves policy to cover three months of fixed operating costs, with a minimum level of £100,000. The charity remains financially viable with adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ONGO COMMUNITIES LIMITED as a grant recipient include VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE LIMITED.
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