WESSMAPS HOUSING TRUST

Registered charity 1156164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESSMAPS HOUSING

to provide intensive housing management and tenancy related support for vulnerable and disabled people within in Hampshire and the surrounding counties.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO, IN PARTICULAR BUT EXCLUSIVELY, DISABLED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN HAMPSHIRE, DORSET, WILTSHIRE, THE ISLE OF WIGHT, BERKSHIRE, WEST SUSSEX, SOUTHAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTED HOUSING THAT ENABLES DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TO LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY; ENABLING THEM TO FINANCIALLY MEET HOUSING COSTS; ENABLING FAIR ACCESS TO PRIVATE RENTAL HOUSING PROVISIONS; PROVIDING ACCESS TO INTEREST FREE LOANS TO FUND HOUSING DEPOSITS AND HOME SET UP COSTS; THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING MANAGEMENT SERVICES ALL OF WHICH SUCH PERSONS COULD NOT AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained 198 tenancies at the end of the period and purchased its first freehold property. The trustees reviewed the finances and reported no anomalies during the accounting period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority; Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Cavanagh
• RICHARD MCKEOWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• TRUDY MCKEOWN

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City · Southampton City · West Berkshire · West Sussex · Wiltshire

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