CIRENCESTER HOUSING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Registered charity 1199326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIRENCESTER HOUSING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LTD

The Objects for which the charity is established for the benefit of the public are to relieve hardship, need or distress of persons in necessitous circumstances by providing or assisting in the provision of housing, in particular but not exclusively, for young persons in Cirencester and the surrounding area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ARE TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, NEED OR DISTRESS OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN CIRENCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £26,528 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £345,006 and resources expended of £371,534. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £89,433, which is below the stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of running costs (approximately £90,000 to £180,000). The charity relies heavily on donations and grants, noting that fundraising is challenging in the current financial climate.

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 5 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHYP - Cirencester Housing for Young People (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £199k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 3.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW ROBERT JOHNSONchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Effie Margaret Edney
• JANE ROSALIE GUNNER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Louise Jane Monteith Henniker-Gotley
• Paul Hutton
• Pauline Yvonne Rushton
• Thomas Ian Watmore

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTINE'S HOUSING SUPPORT CHARITY.

• CHRISTINE'S HOUSING SUPPORT CHARITY income £39k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• HOUSING INDEPENDENT PEOPLE income £44k
• COATHAM HOUSE income £531k
• CITY OF EXETER YMCA income £2.3m
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m

Side by side with its peers

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