CUMBRIA COMMUNITY HOMES

Registered charity 1184991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Significant activitiesTo provide good quality accommodation to vulnerable adults in the community meeting their individual needs. We helppeople in Barrow, Ulverston, Askam and Kendal and are looking to expand into other areas in the future.To help those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, individuals who struggle with mental or physical health orwith a learning difficulty.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS FORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. ITS CHARITABLE OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) SHALL BE TO CARRY ON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY:(1) THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(2) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES.

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 · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £204,548 for the year ended 30 June 2025, significantly improving upon the previous year's surplus. However, the charity remains in a net liabilities position with unrestricted funds at a deficit of £71,877, a substantial reduction from the £276,425 deficit in the prior year. The trustees confirm that the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis, citing measures taken to ensure future financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Collards. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 12/08/2026, 104 days after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2024 (received 16/12/2025, 230 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 11/06/2025, 407 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 29/08/2024, 487 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 02/09/2022, 125 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

30 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Jane Stones

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES.

• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £11.5m
• Boroughbridge Community Charity income £83k
• CUMBRIA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £174k
• COMMUNITY ACCOMMODATION GROUP income £5.0m
• WATERMOOR HOUSE RCH income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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