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Registered charity · Burnley

Calico Homes Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £35m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.calico.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Calico Homes Limited
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£35m£26m
  • 2024£32m£25m
  • 2023£31m£29m
Earlier years
  • 2022£29m£27m
  • 2021£27m£23m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS SHALL BE THE BUSINESS OF:1 PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR SERVICES FOR POOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE;2 PROVIDING RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK;3 RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA IN WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANOTHER GROUP MEMBER UNDERTAKES ITS ACTIVITIES;4 ADVANCING EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;5 ADVANCING EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF STUDENT WELFARE OR STUDENT ACCOMMODATION;6 MAINTAINING, IMPROVING OR PROVIDING PUBLIC AMENITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE INTEREST OF REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK;7 PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENT CRIME;8 RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY), ILL HEALTH OR IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY;9 RELIEVING THE CHARITABLE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY), ILL HEALTH OR IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND/OR THE PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED SERVICES, FACILITIES OR AMENITIES;10 RELIEVING THE UNEMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, LOW PAID, LOW SKILLED OR HAVE NO SKILLS; 11 TO PROVIDE SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO AGED, DISABLED OR CHRONICALLY SICK PERSONS IN NEED THEREOF AND PROVIDE ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DISABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PERSONS;12 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN AREAS IN WHICH THE COMPANY OWNS OR MANAGES HOUSING STOCK) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:12.1 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:(A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(B) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES,12.2 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS, 12.3 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES,12.4 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE,12.5 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT,12.6 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE,12.7 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME,12.8 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES; AND13 CARRYING OUT ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REGISTERED AS A PROVIDER OF SOCIAL HOUSING WITH THE REGULATOR.

Grants received

85 grants · £16,642,565 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 · £16,475,400 (81 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £64,286
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £64,286
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £28,600
  • Power to Change Trust · £9,993

Most recent

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £456,7502022-03-30
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £7,2502022-03-30
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £14,5002022-03-30
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £14,5002022-03-29
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £14,5002022-03-24
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

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 9Economic/community Development/employment 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

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

Property 9Health and social care 6Professional services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£35.2m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.0 in 2021

279 from 232 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
1151945
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 2013
Companies House
Company number 03752751 · Active
Contact on the register
08001692407 · contact@calico.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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