Registered charity · Stoke on Trent
Empowering People Inspiring Communities Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £6.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Simon WilsonChair · since 2023
- Alun BraggTrustee · since 2023
- Amandeep JhawarTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher Alexander ElliottTrustee · since 2026
- Daniel Robert WyerTrustee · since 2026
- David NewmarchTrustee · since 2021
- Jemma Louise RichardsTrustee · since 2026
- Jonathan MooreTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret DodwellTrustee · since 2023
- Rachel Heather ChallinorTrustee · since 2021
- Robert MortonTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City
- Website
- www.epichousing.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Empowering People Inspiring Communities Limited
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.9m£6.0m
- 2024£6.2m£5.8m
- 2023£5.9m£5.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.5m£5.0m
- 2021£4.7m£3.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY,3.1.1 THE PROVISION OF:(1) HOUSES, HOSTELS OR ANY OTHER HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS;IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS;WHO ARE AGED, DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED (WHETHER MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY), OR CHRONICALLY SICK, AND ARE IN NEED OF THE ACCOMMODATION OR OTHER BENEFITS PROVIDED BY VIRTUE OF THE CONDITION;(2) SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO AGED, DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED (WHETHER MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF IN ARRANGING OR CARRYING OUT WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE TO HOMES OCCUPIED BY THEM AND PROVIDING ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;(3) FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OR RECREATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY;3.1.2 THE UNDERTAKING OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN FROM TIME TO TIME BE CARRIED OUT BY A COMPANY REGISTERED AS A SOCIAL LANDLORD WITH THE HOUSING CORPORATION; AND 3.1.3 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR STAFFORDSHIRE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(4) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(1) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(5) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(6) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;(7) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(8) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(9) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(10) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND(11) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
Grants received
1 grant · £476,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £476,000
Most recent
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Simon Wilson Chair since 2023
- Alun Bragg since 2023
- Amandeep Jhawar since 2021
- Christopher Alexander Elliott since 2026
- David Newmarch since 2021
- Daniel Robert Wyer since 2026
- Jemma Louise Richards since 2026
- Jonathan Moore since 2023
- Margaret Dodwell since 2023
- Rachel Heather Challinor since 2021
- Robert Morton since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Simon Wilson Chair since 2023
- Alun Bragg since 2023
- Amandeep Jhawar since 2021
- David Newmarch since 2021
- Daniel Robert Wyer since 2026
- Jemma Louise Richards since 2026
- Margaret Dodwell since 2023
- Rachel Heather Challinor since 2021
- Robert Morton since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Alexander Elliott since 2026
- Jonathan Moore since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
59.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 62.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1118644
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 14 MARCH 1997 AS AMENDED ON 22 MARCH 2007 AND 27 MARCH 2007 as amended on 06 Sep 2022 as amended on 31 Oct 2024 as amended on 31 Oct 2024 as amended on 31 Oct 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03333405 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01782252575 · mailbox@epichousing.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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