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Registered charity (CIO) · Lancashire

Homewise Society

Homewise Society is a registered charity (number 1179077) based in Lancashire, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Malcolm Baldwin since 2022. Latest income £674k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £674k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.homewiseonline.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£674k£622k
  • 2024£704k£647k
  • 2023£528k£545k
Earlier years
  • 2022£405k£430k
  • 2021£413k£408k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 51% · Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY, DISABLED AND THOSE AFFECTED BY LONG TERM SICKNESS, POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS 'THE BENEFICIARIES') BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT, INFORMATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE OR ASSISTANCE;(B) ARRANGING OR CARRYING OUT WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, ADAPTATION, REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE TO HOUSES OCCUPIED BY THE SAID BENEFICIARIES WHERE SUCH WORKS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT HOMES ARE SAFE AND SECURE AND WILL ENABLE THE BENEFICIARIES TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOMES; AND(C) THE PROVISION OF ASSOCIATED AMENITIES ESPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED TO MEET THE DEFINED NEEDS OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES ALL WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002020-09-22
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.

6 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6

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

Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£674k 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.

10.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.2 in 2021

13 from 14 in 2023
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.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1179077
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 05 Jul 2018
Contact on the register
01254232249 · sue@homewisesociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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