Housing People Building Communities

Analysis

Housing People Building Communities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ribchester. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04839075). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Housing People Building Communities reported income of £124k and spending of £128k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £124k (+445%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 48807%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Housing People Building Communities sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saffron Young Peoples Project Limited (£124k), Barnabas Fellowship of Churches Trust (£124k) and Faversham Foodbank (£124k).