EVOLVE HOUSING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1183153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Evolve Housing Association is a non-profit social enterprise, we aim to use profits and assets for the needs of the public at large. We are a charity incorporated organisation. We support vulnerable individuals, based on their needs and do not categorise them to their requirements.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION IS FORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITIES IN AREAS IN WHICH THE ASSOCIATION OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK AND BEING PRIMARILY WITHIN THE EAST MIDLANDS. ITS OBJECTS SHALL BE TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY: THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING, ACCOMMODATION, AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE. ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY A REGISTERED SOCIETY WHICH IS ALSO REGISTERED AS A SOCIAL LANDLORD WITH THE REGULATOR.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£304k
Latest spending
£311k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £7,439 for the period, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds decreasing from £15,509 to £8,070. Cash at bank and in hand stood at £6,843, with no disclosed reserves policy or defined-benefit pension deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £213,018 — contracts £213,018 (2); 57% of the £375,678 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£304k£311k
31/03/2024£470k£483k
31/03/2023£376k£363k
31/03/2022£211k£220k
31/03/2021£140k£119k

Common questions

Is EVOLVE HOUSING ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £7,439 for the period, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds decreasing from £15,509 to £8,070. Cash at bank and in hand stood at £6,843, with no disclosed reserves policy or defined-benefit pension deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EVOLVE HOUSING ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EVOLVE HOUSING ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£27kAccommodation

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2026£20kEvolve’s Welcoming Support
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2023£10kHelping Hand
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kBuilding Foundations for refugee and asylum seekers
UK government14/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government03/07/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund

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 EVOLVE RECOVERY HOMES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EVOLVE HOUSING ASSOCIATION£304k—0unclear—no doubt
EVOLVE RECOVERY HOMES FY2025£440k—0unclear—no doubt
EVOLVE HOUSING + SUPPORT FY2026£14.6m——unclear—no doubt
EVOLVE CHURCH FY2024£11k—0unclear—no doubt
Evolve - Tackling the Impact of Substance Misuse FY2026£73k—0unclear—no doubt
ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION FY2025£11.0m——unclear—no doubt

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