WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED
Registered charity 515902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHELTER CYMRU
Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home, because home is everything. We will always fight for home, and for everyone without one. Together, we can fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society. We never give up.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Shelter Cymru ended the year with a small surplus of £47k and unrestricted reserves of £2,327,318, which are above the trustees' policy target of £1,820k. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months of costs (held: £2.3m)
“for 2024/25 the target level was set at £1,820k for general reserves, this represents four months of costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bevan Buckland LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£514k
Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Michael Theodoulouchair
- Andrew James Clennell
- Ceri Huw Breeze
- Cheryl Tracy
- Felicity McGeown
- Gareth Arthur Leech
- Meri Huws · trustee of 2 other charities
- Miguela Gonzalez
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Shelter Cymru ended the year with a small surplus of £47k and unrestricted reserves of £2,327,318, which are above the trustees' policy target of £1,820k. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bevan Buckland LLP.
Who funds WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WELSH HOUSING AID LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.
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