Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

HOUSING JUSTICE

Supports churches, agencies and individuals to engage with homelessness and housing issues and equips them with the skills and knowledge required to develop the capacities necessary to respond meaningfully to the needs of people who are homeless as well as others who are in housing need.
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Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,283£2,318£-35£56£1,194£8164.22967
31/03/22£1,973£1,811£162£75£1,229£8265.52150
31/03/21£1,396£904£492£41£1,067£5437.22530
31/03/20£1,329£1,260£69£26£574£2972.81539
31/03/19£1,209£817£392£58£505£2714102
31/03/18£521£542£-21£107£113£461110
31/03/17£538£518£20£97£135£561.3120
31/03/16£484£424£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£369£428£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£460£448£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£415£378£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£450£527£-77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£356£514£-158n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£611£565£46£39£285£1843.970
31/03/09£512£600£-88£96£191£992120
31/03/08*£949£990£-41£97£340£2603.1120
31/03/07£845£1,054£-209£130£400£3303.8120
31/03/06£1,158£849£310n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£791£820£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£829£900£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

www.housingjustice.org.uk

info@housingjustice.org.uk

0203 752 5470

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater London Authority£839,773
Comic Relief£599,856
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£406,273
Trust for London£164,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£81,972
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Citadel
£6,587 21/10/2023
We would like to help the individuals we support to set up their new homes, following a period of homelessness. We aim to support 30 individuals in a 12-month period.
Trust for London - Housing Justice
£71,000 20/07/2023
The funding is for the development of Housing Justice's Hosting project and salary of a Hosting Project Officer. Housing Justice will run an action learning project with guests and hosts to identify best practice in hosting whilst continuing to ....more
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Housing Justice Cymru
£10,000 08/11/2022
Tredegarville Baptist Church
Greater London Authority - Equipping Shelters Project 22-25
£839,773 02/11/2022
To fund Housing Justice in activities which coordinate and support London’s winter night shelter capacity, and improve outcomes for shelter guests. This funding will be used to provide a team of pan-London Catalyst Workers to support shelter ....more
Trust for London - Housing Justice
£3,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8432
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Housing Justice
£11,000 30/06/2022
To deliver a residential event for 24 leaders of faith organisations that support homeless people.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Voluntary and Community Sector Fund
£256,273 01/04/2022
Funding to frontline VCS organisationsare the main delivery agent of homelessness services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Housing Justice Cymru - Citadel
£1,654 23/10/2021
We plan to match Citadel volunteers with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. They will provide support to identify what matters to them and to help them to achieve it.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - S180 Housing Justice - Faith Groups
£150,000 13/08/2021
Housing Justice are the only charity who provide the national network of faith and community responses to homelessness
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Housing Justice
£56,972 01/07/2021
24
Partial funding for a worker to facilitate turning church land/buildings into genuinely affordable housing in England.
Comic Relief - Building the Nation of Sanctuary - A Joined Up Approach
£599,856 25/05/2021
36
Housing Justice Cymru (HJC) is the Welsh arm of the national organisation, Housing Justice, a registered charity that works to mobilise faith-based groups, communities and stakeholders to take action to address homelessness. Housing Justice Cymru ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Housing Justice
£25,000 06/10/2020
12
Core costs.
Trust for London - Housing Justice
£90,000 03/06/2020
36
The funding is for a contribution towards salary costs of a project coordinator and user engagement costs for a hosting project, providing short-term accommodation to 150 migrants without recourse to public funds. Guests in the project will receive ....more
Greater London Authority - London's winter night shelter capacity
£450,000 01/09/2018
To fund activities which increase London's winter night shelter capacity and improve the casework which shelter guests receive
Greater London Authority - More than Shelters
£33,263 25/06/2018
More than Shelters
London Catalyst - Housing Justice - 4
£3,000 08/12/2016
Hardship Fund
London Catalyst - Housing Justice - 3
£7,000 24/06/2015
Mentoring and befriending service for former rough sleepers in London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Housing Justice
£120,000 18/09/2014
24
over two and a half years as continuation funding towards the salaries of two project officers and a case worker to provide advice and assistance on using church land for affordable housing in England and Wales
London Catalyst - Housing Justice - 2
£7,500 26/06/2013
Mentoring & Befriending of former homeless people: 50 participants: improve social relationships. Est. Prog.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • AIDAN DWAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Consultant
  • BISHOP JOHN DAVID EDWARD DAVIES Appointed: 2022
  • CHRISHANTI JOANNA SHAH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • GLYNYS LITTEN SYKES Appointed: 2023
  • JANE MARIE FOWLER Appointed: 2022
  • JULIE COOK Appointed: 2020
  • OLAWUNMI ODUNAIYA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Property Developer
  • REV ROB WICKHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Bishop In The Anglican Church
  • RICHARD DRAKE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Accountant
  • SARAH HOWARD-JONES Appointed: 2020
  • SHARON MC LOUGHLIN Appointed: 2020
  • SUZANNE CATHERINE DAVIS Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/06/1986, number: 294666
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 5 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SHECANIAH MINISTRIES on 26/08/2022
  • Asset transfer in from SHAREDYDD on 21/02/2023
Main office

Unit 2.11
The Foundry
17 Oval Way
London
SE11 5RR

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AMENDED 20TH FEBRUARY 1995)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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