COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED

Registered charity 502421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of accommodation. floating support and outreach services to homeless people and those threatened with losing their homes.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £322,000 and total net assets of £4.0 million, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £282,090 due to transfers to designated reserves. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong cash position of £835,095 and demonstrates the ability to meet its reserves policy of covering operating costs for at least three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee (2024: one) received emoluments of more than £80,000, yet less than £90,000 during the year.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee (2024: one) received emoluments of more than £80,000, yet less than £90,000 during the year.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £282k)
“demonstrating that the charity can meet its reserves policy of covering operating costs for at least three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HB&O Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Coventry Cyrenians (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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reserves (reported)
£282k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 2.8% 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: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.7m£2.6m

Common questions

Is COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £322,000 and total net assets of £4.0 million, with unrestricted reserves decreasing to £282,090 due to transfers to designated reserves. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong cash position of £835,095 and demonstrates the ability to meet its reserves policy of covering operating costs for at least three months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HB&O Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES, Moto Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2024£15k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2025£13kGrants to institutions
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2024£2kGrants to institutions
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2023£911Grants to institutions
Moto FoundationFY2022£500Community Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2015£10kWindsors and Refreshed

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 CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COVENTRY CYRENIANS LIMITED£2.3m£80,001 - £90,0001above—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0within—no doubt
COVENTRY CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025£1.8mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE COVENTRY FREEMEN'S CHARITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
VALLEY HOUSE FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt

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