THE NATIONAL HOUSE PROJECT

Registered charity 1179743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC052277 (OSCR)

NHP takes a ground-breaking approach through its commitment to young people's ownership, enabling young people leaving care to achieve connected and fulfilling lives. Codesigned with young people, the groupwork approach is psychologically informed and relational and young people gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to make a house their home and live interdependently in their community.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £174,564 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £543,633. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £616,000, representing eight months of core operational costs, while the actual unrestricted reserves stood at £537,116. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eight months core operational costs (held: £537k)
“trustees have set the Charity’s unrestricted reserves to a total of eight months core operational costs for the year 2025/26 - this would be a reserve of £616,000” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by CBSL Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NHP (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.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reserves (reported)
£537k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.0m£1.2m
31/03/2023£791k£1.1m
31/03/2022£764k£816k
31/03/2021£989k£665k

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL HOUSE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £174,564 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £543,633. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £616,000, representing eight months of core operational costs, while the actual unrestricted reserves stood at £537,116. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by CBSL Accountants Limited.

Who funds THE NATIONAL HOUSE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL HOUSE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SEGELMAN TRUST, The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, BGF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£150kFor 12-months to support core costs. The National House Project provides the knowledge, resources and support to establish and maintain Local House Projects (LH
THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100kFor 12-months to support core costs. The National House Project provides the knowledge, resources and support to establish and maintain Local House Projects (LH
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2024£60kdevelopment of their Aspirational Awards scheme for care leavers
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2023£25kAspirational Awards scheme for care leavers
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2023£25kHomelessness grant
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£25kLeather Makers Support
THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kMental Health and Emotional Well-Being programme
BGF FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kStaff Grants
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUSTFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2025£1.0mNational House Project: Bringing care leavers together for youth success

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NATIONAL HOUSE PROJECT£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
COPENHAGEN YOUTH PROJECT FY2026£384k—0below—no doubt
HERTS YOUNG HOMELESS GROUP FY2025£2.0mmore than £60,0001within—no doubt
PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT FY2025£367k—0unclear—noted
YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION FY2025£5.9m——above—no doubt

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