Housing & Homelessness Community & Social Justice Free 2025

Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Hammersmith United Charities manages two Almshouses in Hammersmith providing 92 flats for low-income residents aged 60+, and runs a community grants programme awarding £390k to 46 local organisations in 2024/25. The charity distributed nearly £400k through H&F Giving and supports grassroots groups tackling poverty, isolation and inequality in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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📋About

Almshouse management and supported independent living for older people; community grants programme funding grassroots organisations tackling poverty and social isolation; H&F Giving partnership distributing nearly £400k locally

📊Key Metrics

46 grants awarded totalling £390,224 to community organisations in 2024/25 Key Metric 1
More than 11,200 people in the local community benefited from grants Key Metric 2
92 Almshouse flats providing housing for 60+ residents on low incomes Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 6 Almshouse flats refurbished and fire doors upgraded to new safety standards during the year
  • 5,000 people enabled to contribute to the local community through grant-funded volunteering and services
  • Multi-year flexible grants awarded to The Upper Room, Sulgrave Club and St Paul's Money Advice Centre to support longer-term planning

📍Geography

London

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A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
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Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
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Impact Report 2023/24

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24
Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent
Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice
Key Metric 3
728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application