The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Chartered Institute of Housing

Registered charity 244067 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 10Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Property 3Arts and leisure 1

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£10.0m 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.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.5 in 2021

109 from 94 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.
16%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.cih.org
Emailgovernance@cih.org
Phone024 7685 1770
AddressSuites 5 and 6, First Floor, Rowan House, Westwood Way, Coventry, CV4 8HS

Finances

£10,036,767 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,876,000£6,660,000
2022£6,962,000£6,498,000
2023£8,007,090£7,550,514
2024£9,771,872£7,551,531
2025£10,036,767£9,336,571

What it does

What

Education/trainingAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND ART OF HOUSING, ITS STANDARDS AND IDEALS AND THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PROFESSION OF HOUSING PRACTICE.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 25/06/1984AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 09/12/1985AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 26/10/1988AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 05/01/1990AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 08/10/1991AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 27/10/1993AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14/02/1996AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 17/07/2003AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 10/01/2005AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 19/07/2005AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 10/09/2007AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 09/10/2008AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 11/09/2009AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 21/07/2010AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 06/04/2011AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 10/06/2013AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 30/01/2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14/07/2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 15/07/2015 as amended by an Order in Council on 22 Mar 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

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