Forward Housing

Analysis

Forward Housing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03821702). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forward Housing reported income of £2.5m and spending of £3.0m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.5m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Forward Housing sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision Support Barrow & District (£2.5m), British Deaf Association (£2.5m) and The Bransford Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.