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SW9 COMMUNITY HOUSING

Registered charity 1170586 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides for the benefit of the community in the Stockwell Park area, property management and maintenance services and associated amenities for persons in necessitous circumstances including the aged. The charity also provides activities seeking to prevent and/or relieve poverty and provides recreational and leisure time facilities with the object of improving conditions of life.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£13.1m
Latest spending
£12.7m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £421k for the year ended 31 March 2025, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £857k, which is below the stated policy target of £2,127k, with a recovery plan in place to restore reserves over a five-year period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (£2,127k) (held: £857k)
“The charitable company policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to three months operating costs. Average monthly operating costs are £709k; therefore, the reserves retained will be set at £2,127k.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£13.1m
Total spending
£12.7m
Reserves (reported)
£857k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.1m£12.7m
31/03/2024£11.5m£12.5m
31/03/2023£10.9m£10.9m
31/03/2022£9.5m£9.3m
31/03/2021£8.7m£8.3m

Common questions

Is SW9 COMMUNITY HOUSING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £421k for the year ended 31 March 2025, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £857k, which is below the stated policy target of £2,127k, with a recovery plan in place to restore reserves over a five-year period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPMG LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£254k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY1£97k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIES1£25k
THE NISBET TRUST1£20k
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND1£15k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£12k
CHARTERHOUSE-IN-SOUTHWARK1£9k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SW9 COMMUNITY HOUSING£13.1m——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED FY2025£221k—0unclear—no doubt
SLOSWICKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025£243k——unclear—no doubt
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH STOCKWELL FY2024£196k—0unclear—no doubt
ST WERBURGHS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£495k—0above—no doubt
NICHOLAS SWALLOW AND OTHERS FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt

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