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Housing Charities That specialise in Temporary or emergency housing

Discover 100 Housing charities that specialise in temporary or emergency housing. Use the search below to filter within these results.

100
Charities
£8,839,882,027
Total Income
£2,270,712
Avg Income
90.6%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Grangetown Baptist Church

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

We hold services for public worship each Sunday. We also run regular youth and children's clubs, language classes, a foodbank, a toddlers group, a sewing class and a night shelter for the homeless through the winter.

Latest Income: £178,902
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Doorstep

Housing, Social welfare

The relief of poverty and distress and the advancement of education of persons resident in Camden and the surrounding area in particular those who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation.

Latest Income: £147,988
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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The Animal Hostel Trust

Housing

The objects of the trust is to provide welfare, treatment and finding homes for animals.

Latest Income: £138,569
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Henry Wood Accommodation Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Housing

To advance the education of students attending colleges or courses in London for the purpose of receiving instruction in music, particularly those attending the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban by making grants or otherwise to needy or deserving students to assist them with the cost of accommodation.

Latest Income: £134,249
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Father Love Trust

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Housing

Use of the property at 7 Brownswood Road, N4 2HP to provide accommodation for post-graduate full-time overseas students.A Day Nursery for children under fives, opens Monday to Friday, 8.20am to 6 pm.A Saturday Supplementary School for pupils between the ages of six and eleven. Tuition in Maths, English, Spanish and French is provided.Facilities are provided for a Domino Club for elderly men.

Latest Income: £134,168
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Halifax Scouts Joint Management Committee

Associations, Housing

provide hostel facilities for scouts

Latest Income: £120,562
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Sandbach Animal Rescue Society

Economic and community development, Housing, Social welfare

Rescue of stray animals within Sandbach and surrounding rural areas, provide refuge for unwanted domestic animals, finance necessary boarding and veterinary care, assist in re-homing of unwanted domestic animals.

Latest Income: £119,248
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Open Door - St Albans

Charity and VCS support, Housing

Open Door supports a homelessness night shelter and daytime drop-in for vulnerable people in St Albans. Set up in 1992, the charity aims to ensure that no-one needs to sleep rough in St Albans and generally to improve the life chances of homeless people. Our main activities are to raise funds, primarily from the local community, to support and improve the service and to promote volunteering.

Latest Income: £101,143
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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St Peter's Hostel For Men

Beneficiary group, Housing

General Charitable PurposesReligious Activities

Latest Income: £82,108
Areas of Operation: Plymouth City
Status: Registered
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Howard De Walden Hostel Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing, Leisure

The Charity maintains a hostel for the residential accommodation, recreation and instruction of young people of the town of Maidstone employed within the said town or the neighbourhood thereof, and those attending a course of instruction at a recognised place of education in Maidstone.

Latest Income: £80,114
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Herefordshire Night Shelter

Beneficiary group, Housing

THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION & RELATED SERVICES TO HOMELESS MALE PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.

Latest Income: £62,051
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The Mothers Union (diocese Of Durham Branch)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Parish support. Short breaks for those in difficult circumstances, support for women prisoners and families, school children in deprived area, womens refuge. Blankets, baby clothes, toilet bags to hospitals, support members overseas, literacy, development, health education, famine relief.

Latest Income: £58,320
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Exotic Pet Refuge

Housing, Social welfare

PET REFUGE AND CARE

Latest Income: £58,160
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cherrytree

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care

Supporting homeless young people aged between 16 and 21 to secure their own accommodation by providing them with temporary accommodation and support.

Latest Income: £53,402
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Wilderness Trust

Arts, Housing, Research, Social care, Social welfare

Environmental protection and enhancementEducation in traditional crafts, arts, sustainable living, natural sciences and heritagePromotion of the artsRelief of suffering by inclusion of marginalised people in communal life and work and by providing a place of temporary refuge or respite

Latest Income: £52,436
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Birmingham Children's Community Venture Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Housing

BCCV runs a hostel which is used by schools to enable children and young people to learn about the countryside and to experience living communally.

Latest Income: £51,837
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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The Bangladesh Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Housing

Welfare Rights Advice, Hostel Accommodation, Community Education, ICT Project,Multilingual Medical Advice, Women Affairs, Elderly Project, Cultural Activities, Library & Information Services, Community Development/Liaison.

Latest Income: £50,983
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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47th Doncaster (edenthorpe) Scout Group

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Housing, Leisure

Group Events: St Georges Day Parade, Family Camp, Carol Singing and Bag PackingBeavers: Challenge badges and visits in local areaCubs: several camps: Durham, Fanwood and Squirrel wood, lots of badge workScouts: Summer camp at Scarborough, lots of other camps and a youth hostel trip. Plus canoeing, hiking and games.

Latest Income: £47,504
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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The Woodclyffe Hostel

Housing

The charity covers a listed building which is leased to various organisations within the village.

Latest Income: £46,455
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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London And Slough Charitable Trust

Housing, Social welfare

PROVISION OF FOOD, DRINKS, CLOTHING, BEDDING AND COMPANIONSHIP TO ROUGH SLEEPERS AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED PERSONS ON THE STREETS OF LONDON AND SLOUGH AND MAINTAIN A NIGHT SHELTER EACH WINTER/SPRING FOR HOMELESS IN SLOUGH.

Latest Income: £45,046
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Trefnant Village Hall And Memorial Field

Facilities, Housing, Leisure, Social welfare

Village hall and or recreation ground hire for local, community and other legal organizations on regular and ad hoc basis including local authority, for elections and if necessary emergency refuge.Hire of chairs and tables.Facilities for village and surrounding areas to hold events/parties/celebrations exhibitions.The organization of community & sport based activities and cultural activities

Latest Income: £44,120
Areas of Operation: Denbighshire
Status: Registered
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Arthur Herbert Hope Memorial

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Leisure

The Hope Memorial Trust, founded in 1932 operates a 32 bed self catering hostel near Keswick in Cumbria. It provides facilities which enable schools, youth groups, community groups, and families to benefit from the educational and recreational opportunities provided by the Lake District.

Latest Income: £40,705
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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King George V Hall

Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Heritage, Housing, Leisure, Social welfare

The Village Hall is the centre of social activities in the village particularly so since the closure of the one and only public house in the village. A variety of users includes the Toddler Group, Pilates, local history group, birthday parties, weddings etc The Hall is also used as a refuge centre in the event of an emergency.

Latest Income: £37,907
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Huddersfield Wharfeside Youth Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Leisure

To provide a residential base for young people to help educate through leisure time activities, to develop physical and mental capacities to grow to full mature members of society.Most groups enjoy the opportunity to be able to go exploring and walking in the Yorkshire DalesDuke of Edinburgh groups are supervised at the hostel for the assessing process.

Latest Income: £36,797
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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The Charlton And Blackheath Christian Fellowship Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social care, Social welfare

Regular weekly programme of the Fellowship, including worship services and services in local Care Homes. Supporting local projects such as Greenwich Street Pastors, Greenwich Foodbank, Greenwich Church Leaders Forum, Greenwich Night Shelter, Greenwich Youth for Christ, Greenwich CAP (Christians Against Poverty). Projects supported in Africa and Brazil including missionary work and aid.

Latest Income: £36,711
Areas of Operation: Brazil
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities are there in the UK?

There are 100 registered temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities by income?

Nuffield Health is the largest by latest reported annual income (£1.5bn). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities?

Temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities reported a combined annual income of £8.8bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities?

Across all temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 90.6%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities?

Temporary-or-emergency-housing housing charities have an average annual income of £2.3m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.