# COMMUNITY HOUSING CYMRU

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128527
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 12, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1128527


## Contact

- **Address:** 7-8 Park Place, CARDIFF
- **Postcode:** CF10 3DP
- **Phone:** 07879608152
- **Email:** enquires@chcymru.org.uk
- **Website:** www.chcymru.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE, IN SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITHCHARITY COMMISSION PUBLISHED GUIDANCE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEPUBLIC IN WALES, THE VOLUNTARY HOUSING SECTOR AND THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGHTHAT SECTOR'S PROVISION OF LOW COST SOCIAL HOUSING IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:3.1 PROVIDING SERVICES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TOPROVIDERS OF SUCH HOUSING IN WALES;3.2 ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE PROVISION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT ANDMANAGEMENT OF SUCH HOUSING BY HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS IN WALES.IN THIS CLAUSE "VOLUNTARY HOUSING SECTOR" SHALL BE INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHARITYCOMMISSION GUIDANCE AND MEAN CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS (WITH HOUSINGRELATED OBJECTS) AND= "CHARITIES" ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLEPURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.= "VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS" ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHEDFOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTIONOF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCALGOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

**Activities:** Community Housing Cymru is the membership body for housing associations and community mutuals in Wales, which are all not-for-profit and provide around 158,000 homes and housing services throughout Wales.  We promote the voluntary housing sector in Wales and the relief of financial hardship through the sector's provision of low cost social housing.

**Area of benefit:** WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Throughout Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2121341 | £1909854 | £506496 | 19 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1974938 | £1692040 | £239009 | 21 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1734527 | £1668312 | £105111 | 22 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1891721 | £1847397 | £185896 | 22 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1789707 | £2342506 | £-356428 | 22 |



## Trustees

- Aled Rowlands — appointed Nov. 28, 2023
- Brian John Pickett — appointed Nov. 18, 2025
- Gerraint James Oakley — appointed Nov. 19, 2024
- Hugh Andrew Barrett — appointed Nov. 28, 2023
- Joanne Helena Oak — appointed Nov. 18, 2025
- Kyle Burgess — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Louise Attwood — appointed Nov. 18, 2025
- Rachel Storr-Barber — appointed April 11, 2024
- Ruth Elizabeth Lanham-Wright — appointed Nov. 18, 2025
- Sarah Louise Schofield — appointed April 11, 2024
- Sharon Lee — appointed April 11, 2024
- Stacy Josephine Sylvia Barry — appointed April 11, 2024