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Selwood Housing Society Limited

Selwood Housing Society Limited is a registered charity (number 1141124) based in Trowbridge, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £60m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

9 trustees
Income £60m (2025)

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
Where: Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath And North East Somerset
Website: www.selwoodhousing.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Selwood Housing Society Limited
Registered: 2011

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£60m£53m
2024£56m£49m
2023£48m£42m

Earlier years

2022£45m£39m
2021£42m£34m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS:PROVIDING HOUSES OR HOSTELS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS;PROVIDING FOR AGED,DISABLED,(WHETHER MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY)OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF HOUSES OR HOSTELS AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;PROVIDING SERVICES,ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO AGED,DISABLED (WHETHER MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY)OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF AND PROVIDING ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK;THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,TRAINING OR RETRAINING,PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;THE MAINTENANCE,IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK;AND/OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Grants received

9 grants · £518,670 total

360Giving 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 · £502,000 (6 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,670
Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation · £5,000
Quartet Community Foundation · £2,000

Most recent

Quartet Community Foundation £2,0002025-06-25
Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation £5,0002024-11-12
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £260,0002024-02-28
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £60,0002023-12-18
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £10,0002023-08-31

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

David William Hobdey since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 8Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Construction 10Property 10Health and social care 5

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£60.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

67.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 91.1 in 2021

328 from 329 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1141124
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/2001NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06/04/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/2011 as amended on 07 Oct 2014 as amended on 14 May 2018 as amended on 29 Sep 2020
Companies House: Company number 04168336 · Active
Contact on the register: 01225715903 · info@selwoodhousing.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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