MERCERS' COMPANY HOUSING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1172263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE MERCERS' COMPANY HOUSING ASSOCIATION:1. PROVIDES HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; AND2. PROVIDES FOR AGED PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A. THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; ANDB. THE PROVISION FOR AGED PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £196,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,605,000. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £692,000, which exceeds the allocated reserves policy target of £416,000, indicating a strong liquidity position to support housing services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 ~12.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY BEVERLEY TOTTON
• Adam Sedgwick · trustee of 5 other charities
• JOHN RODERICK GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Josephine Clair Downie

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

• THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £6.6m
• The Almshouse Association income £1.2m
• THE DRAPERS' ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £1.6m
• THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
• THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAR MEMORIAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATED) income £1.4m
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m

Side by side with its peers

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