Ipswich Housing Action Group Limited

Analysis

Ipswich Housing Action Group Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05268499). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ipswich Housing Action Group Limited reported income of £968k and spending of £1.0m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £968k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ipswich Housing Action Group Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The Katherine Low Settlement Limited (£966k), Talmud Torah Yetev Lev Ltd (£968k) and Birmingham Vineyard (£964k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 3.9% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £323k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 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.