Community Housing Cymru

Analysis

Community Housing Cymru is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 02380564). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Housing Cymru reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.9m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.1m (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Housing Cymru 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LPW Limited (£2.1m), Survival International Charitable Trust (£2.1m) and Citizens Advice Swansea Neath Port Talbot Limited (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 2.4% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £489k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.