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SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP

Registered charity 1158402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIAL INTEREST

The Social Interest Group provides strategic guidance, development, management and back office support services to its subsidiary undertakings.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£31.0m
Latest spending
£30.3m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £196k for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £4,072k. The trustees consider the results acceptable given the wider economic environment and have confirmed the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. However, the group carries a significant defined benefit pension deficit liability of £2,537k, which is being addressed through a robust repayment plan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“The Group's income is predominantly contractual income from local authorities and NHS Trusts, and rental income and service charges from residents.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately £792k for the charity and £1.9m for the group (held: £4.1m)
“The trustees agreed that the free reserves (excluding the Pension Reserve) target should be approximately £792k, and for the group, £1.9m. The charity needs to maintain sufficient funds to cover any potential loss in income and short-term cash flow, have approximately three months of expenditure available at all times, and cover costs in the event of the charity winding up.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Non-executive trustees received no remuneration, only travel expenses reimbursement. The Executive Trustee (Gill Arukpe) received remuneration of £295,171.
“The Non-Executive Trustees (directors for company law purposes) received no remuneration during the year. During the year non- executive trustees were reimbursed travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties of £636 (2024: £720). The Executive Trustee (a director for company law purposes), as permitted by the Articles of Association, received during the year £295,171 (2023/24 £128,750).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity made charges to its subsidiaries to recover the cost of providing support services: Penrose £3,850,873 (2024: £3,504,122), Equinox £1,193,797 (2024: £1,370,875), Pathways £621,158 (2024: £438,822), SIG Housing Trust £10,728 (2024: £10,728) and SIG Safe Ground £99,570 (2024: £240,355).
“The Charity made charges to its subsidiaries to recover the cost of providing support services: Penrose £3,850,873 (2024: £3,504,122), Equinox £1,193,797 (2024: £1,370,875), Pathways £621,158 (2024: £438,822), SIG Housing Trust £10,728 (2024: £10,728) and SIG Safe Ground £99,570 (2024: £240,355). At year end the Charity owed £2,215,399 to Penrose Options (2024: £2,562,074), was owed £2,215,016 from Equinox Care (2024: was owed £2,404,574), was owed £85,981 to Pathways (2024: owed £41,711), was owed £430,000 from SIG Housing Trust as a loan (2024 was owed £430,000) and is owed by SIG Housing Trust £227,203 (2024: was owed £146,409) and was owed £46,309 (2024: £200,923) from Safe Ground.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Milner Gibson Limited
“Milner Gibson ceased trading on the 31st of March 2017, when the business was transferred to the Housing Management department within the charity. The company was dormant during the year. After the year end the Company began trading again and supplying night concierge staff within the Group.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

MILNER GIBSON LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant, implying no intra-group trading activity occurred.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states the organization supports people with complex disadvantages.
“We specialise in supporting people with the most complex multiple disadvantages and challenges in life who often have chaotic backgrounds.”
The report specifies the number of employees included in the gender pay gap calculation.
“There are 455 relevant full pay employees included in this report”
The report details the gender breakdown of the workforce on the snapshot date.
“On the snapshot date, 5th April 2025, there were 299 women and 156 men working across the Group.”
The report provides the specific mean gender pay gap percentage calculated for the group.
“The mean gender pay gap for the group shows as 0.06%, this means that on average, females in the organisation earn slightly less than males.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Social Interest Group (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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

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

Total income
£31.0m
Total spending
£30.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
530

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Brighton And Hove · Luton · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£31.0m£30.3m
31/03/2024£28.3m£27.2m
31/03/2023£22.4m£21.7m
31/03/2022£19.1m£19.0m
31/03/2021£20.1m£18.8m

Common questions

Is SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £196k for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £4,072k. The trustees consider the results acceptable given the wider economic environment and have confirmed the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. However, the group carries a significant defined benefit pension deficit liability of £2,537k, which is being addressed through a robust repayment plan. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIG Housing Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP£31.0m——unclear—no doubt
SIG Housing Trust FY2025£380k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL CARE IN ACTION FY2024£5.4m£130,001 - £140,0006unclear—no doubt
SOUTH DOWNS LEISURE FY2025£11.5m——unclear—no doubt
SHREWSBURY OPPORTUNITY GROUP FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHELL PENSIONERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2025£672k—0unclear—no doubt

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