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Registered charity · London

Housing for Women

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £10m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.hfw.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Housing for Women
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10m£11m
  • 2024£9.6m£12m
  • 2023£9.0m£10m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.4m£8.8m
  • 2021£7.9m£7.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF WOMEN (WORKING, RETIRED OR OTHERWISE CURRENTLY OUT OFWORK) BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEESTHINK FIT INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO WOMEN ANDTHEIR CHILDREN FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ABUSE, WHETHER IT BE PSYCHOLOGICAL,EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL AND WHETHER FROM A PARTNER, EX-PARTNER, FAMILYMEMBER OR OTHER PERSONS.

Grants received

28 grants · £3,828,837 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

  • BBC Children in Need £5002022-10-20
  • Ministry of Justice £78,3012022-04-01
  • Ministry of Justice £250,0002022-04-01
  • Ministry of Justice £250,0002022-04-01
  • Ministry of Justice £78,3012022-04-01
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

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

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 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.

Hospitality 9Property 3Professional services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£9.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

6.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 21.7 in 2020

68 from 47 in 2020
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.
19%
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
211351
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/10/1946AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/11/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/02/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/03/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29/03/2011 as amended on 20 Mar 2018 as amended on 21 May 2019
Companies House
Company number 00420651 · Active
Contact on the register
02075016120 · customer.service@h4w.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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