CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE

Registered charity 801043 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE LIMITED

To provide advice, information and help to those with housing need.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£252k
Latest spending
£134k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £140,292. The trustees note that these reserves, along with expected donations, are sufficient to cover running costs for at least the next twelve months. However, the trustees acknowledge challenges in securing suitable accommodation and strengthening fundraising capacity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months running costs (held: £140k)
“The policy of the charity is to aim to maintain a general reserve covering twelve months running costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£252k£134k
31/03/2024£93k£109k
31/03/2023£50k£113k
31/03/2022£97k£91k
31/03/2021£136k£100k

Common questions

Is CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £140,292. The trustees note that these reserves, along with expected donations, are sufficient to cover running costs for at least the next twelve months. However, the trustees acknowledge challenges in securing suitable accommodation and strengthening fundraising capacity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2025£68kThemed Project
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2024£31k
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2023£30kFunded Partner Programme
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£8kHomelessness
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kPeople in poverty / low income
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kDisadvantaged communities
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£0Homelessness

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/12/2023£170kNext Steps
Cheltenham Borough Council17/06/2020£2kOnline housing advice to those who have become homeless or have suffered as a direct result of the pandemic
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2011£270kMoney Smart - Older People Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2010£138kThe Doorway Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2009£149kThe Neptune Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2007£10kVolunteer Tenancy Support Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund05/07/2005£138kMoney Advice Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2005£104kMental Health Housing Advice Worker
Cheltenham Borough Council—£2kEmail / telephone housing advice and support for 20 clients in housing crisis