SPRING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1163098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPRING HOUSING ASSOCIATION

We work to the following aims:To provide high quality accommodation for people in housing need.To prevent and reduce homelessnessTo assist people on a journey away from housing need towards a future of stability, happiness and independence.To create long term prosperity by investing to prevent homelessness, poverty and social isolation and to inspire and unlock peoples potential.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (A) TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, AND ANY ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; AND (B) PROVIDING FOR PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES ESPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a negative £325,147 for the year ended 31 March 2026, primarily due to a £627,271 fixed asset impairment loss following the disposal of a project. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £3,041,347, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of covering three months of committed overhead expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Annes & Spring Housing (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £240k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fady Ghobrial
• Hannah Floyd · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Cannon
• Paul Spooner
• Robert Ashley Wilson-Styles · trustee of 1 other charity
• St Annes Hostel
• Sureya Gulzar · trustee of 1 other charity
• Surrinder Bains

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Sandwell · Shropshire · Solihull · Staffordshire · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPEAR HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• SPEAR HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £4.6m
• THE SPRING CHARITY income £140k
• THE SPRINGBOARD CHARITY income £3.7m
• SPRING IMPACT income £3.5m
• Spring North Ltd. income £2.8m
• HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

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