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Registered charity · Bristol

Housing Matters (Bristol)

Housing Matters (Bristol) is a registered charity (number 1180341) based in Bristol, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £498k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Chas (Bristol), Housing Matters (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £498k (2025)
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.housingmatters.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Housing Matters (Bristol)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£498k£481k
  • 2024£439k£432k
  • 2023£392k£368k
Earlier years
  • 2022£337k£285k
  • 2021£279k£228k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN THE BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY 1) PROVIDING ADVICE ON AND ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING AND RELATED MATTERS INCLUDING WELFARE BENEFITS, 2) ACTING AS ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR WHOM THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST AND TO REPRESENT AT TRIBUNALS AND COURT HEARINGS AND TO UNDERTAKE LEGAL WORK ON THEIR BEHALF, 3) THE CARRYING OUT OF LOBBYING ON HOUSING AND RELATED ISSUES

Grants received

36 grants · £998,765 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

Most recent

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.

4.1y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Health and social care 8Manufacturing 1Professional 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£498k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1180341
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 MAR 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03 OCT 2018 as amended on 25 Feb 2021 as amended on 14 Nov 2022 as amended on 09 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 10675390 · Active
Contact on the register
01179351260 · admin@housingmatters.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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