SAMUEL LEWIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 206611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAMUEL LEWIS DWELLINGS TRUST, THE SAMUEL LEWIS HOUSING TRUST

Social Housing

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Latest income

£3.2m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group and its subsidiary charities reported adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. While the parent Group reported a surplus, one subsidiary, Hewitt Homes, recorded a deficit for the year, though net assets remained positive across all entities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rent

“The Charity’s principal source of income is rent.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to deal with large items of maintenance expenditure when they become due (held: £391k)

“The policy of the Trustee is therefore to use best value principles in providing services and maintaining the properties at an operational level, in order to provide sufficient reserves to deal with large items of maintenance expenditure when they become due.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trustee is responsible for ensuring that the Charity meets the Regulatory standards required by the Regulator of Social Housing. Corporate governance is determined and established at group level and relevant disclosures are contained within the Southern Housing financial statements.

“Southern Housing is the sole Corporate Trustee of the Charity. The Southern Housing Board is responsible for the strategic management and good governance of Eason Gruaz Homes on behalf of the Trustee, whilst operational management has been delegated to the Chief Executive and staff of Southern Housing by the Trustee. Southern Housing provides support services such as risk management; IT, financial services and facilities management to Eason Gruaz Homes.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Government’s Social Housing Innovation Fund — “Funded by the Government’s Social Housing Innovation Fund, Southern Housing is coordinating this work on behalf of the G15 Residents’ Group …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£3.2m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£54.6m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SOUTHERN HOUSING

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.2m	£1.4m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£307k
31/03/2023	£1.9m	£163k
31/03/2022	£1.7m	£58k
31/03/2021	£1.8m	£839k

Common questions

Is SAMUEL LEWIS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group and its subsidiary charities reported adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. While the parent Group reported a surplus, one subsidiary, Hewitt Homes, recorded a deficit for the year, though net assets remained positive across all entities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WARRINGTON HOMES LIMITED.

THE WARRINGTON HOMES LIMITED income £2.8m
KEELMAN HOMES LIMITED income £2.1m
FORWARD HOUSING income £2.5m
WHEELHOUSE SQUARE FLATS income £213k
SIG Housing Trust income £380k
ISLEWORTH & HOUNSLOW CHARITY LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAMUEL LEWIS FOUNDATION	£3.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WARRINGTON HOMES LIMITED FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
KEELMAN HOMES LIMITED FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FORWARD HOUSING FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEELHOUSE SQUARE FLATS FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIG Housing Trust FY2025	£380k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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