# Housing Matters (Bristol)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1180341
- **Other names:** CHURCHES HOUSING AID SOCIETY, CHAS (BRISTOL), Housing Matters
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 16, 2018
- **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=1180341


## Contact

- **Address:** Easton Business Centre, Felix Road, Easton, Bristol
- **Postcode:** BS5 0HE
- **Phone:** 01179351260
- **Email:** admin@housingmatters.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.housingmatters.org.uk



## Activities

**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

**Activities:** Housing Matters (Bristol) provides free, independent and confidential advice to anyone in housing need. Through a combination of advice, support and advocacy we enable clients to resolve housing issues, improve housing conditions and prevent homelessness. Previously known as Churches Housing Aid Society, we have been providing this much needed service since 1965 (previous charity number 233757).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- North Somerset
- South Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £497957 | £480989 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £439075 | £432340 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £391787 | £367738 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £337478 | £284869 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £278614 | £228296 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew James Gibbard — appointed Sept. 8, 2021
- Andrew John Gordon Marshall-Jones — appointed Dec. 13, 2022
- Daisy Pitcher — appointed May 12, 2025
- Gary Jordan — appointed March 9, 2018
- John Meirion Mathias — appointed Nov. 4, 2019
- Joseph Kevin Saunders — appointed Feb. 16, 2024
- Kim Fiona Mylchreest — appointed May 19, 2023
- Samantha Kate Martin she/her — appointed May 31, 2023
- Winifred Eberrchukwu Onyemaechi — appointed March 10, 2025