Wordsley Housing Society

Analysis

Wordsley Housing Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02537864). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wordsley Housing Society reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £854k to £1.2m (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Wordsley Housing Society sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd (£1.2m), Vale Domestic Abuse Services (£1.2m) and Emmaus Gloucestershire (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £450k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.