Accommodation Concern

Analysis

Accommodation Concern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northants. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07945758). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Accommodation Concern reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £424k to £1.9m (+343%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Accommodation Concern 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 Christian Life Ministries (£1.9m), The Apax Foundation (£1.9m) and Encompass Southwest (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 61%, charitable activities 36% and donations and legacies 3.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £38k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £205k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.