Depaul Housing Services

Analysis

Depaul Housing Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2013, 13 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 08561164). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Depaul Housing Services reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.2m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £113k to £1.5m (+1191%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 296%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Depaul Housing Services sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Embrace UK Community Support Centre (£1.5m), Spark2Life (£1.5m) and Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £487k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate.