Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association

Analysis

Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £908k to £1.5m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sutton and Cheam Elderly People's Housing Association 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 Royal Engineers Central Charitable Trust (£1.5m), Embrace UK Community Support Centre (£1.5m) and St Peters Italian Catholic Church Little Saffron Hill (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £52k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 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.