Hact

Registered charity 1096829 · since 2003hact.org.uk·Northern Ireland, Scotland·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£3.1M

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

HACT's work centres on social housing, so a nonprofit whose work reaches housing providers, their tenants or their communities is the most natural fit, and its stated projects include help for older people to stay in their homes, routes into green skills and work on food poverty.
Its annual report records £3,085,621 paid out, but no typical grant size or grant range is stated, so keep any request proportionate and ask the funder about size before you develop a full proposal.
No application process is published, so make contact first using the contact the charity shows.
The HACT Fuel Fund is open only to tenants living in England, Wales and Scotland, and voucher requests can be submitted only by registered referral partners, so organisations that do not meet those terms should not apply to that fund.
Nothing published says how competitive its funding is or when it is best to approach.

Overview

HACT is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1096829).

HACT describes itself as the charity of the social housing sector and aims to work with the housing sector, government, civil society and communities to develop and share innovative approaches to changing needs. It has supported the transformation and development of housing providers for over 60 years. It creates products and services and runs UK-wide projects with the sole aim of helping social housing providers deliver more effectively to the individuals and communities they support. Its annual report records £3,085,621 paid out.

What they fund

Priority Areas

HACT describes itself as the charity of the social housing sector and says it has created, supported and provided grants to housing associations. Its projects help social housing providers deliver more effectively for residents and communities. Through grants and donations, it has worked on projects supporting communities, including community investment that helps older people remain in their homes, routes into training, education and employment in emerging green skills, and work addressing food poverty and insecurity. Its wider approach combines innovation, collaboration and insight: it develops tools and products, consultancy, research, networks and UK-wide projects to help providers deliver their social purpose and improve impact for tenants and communities.

Themes

Social housing

What they don't fund

The HACT Fuel Fund 2026 only: Funding is only available for tenants living in England, Wales and Scotland; Vouchers requests can only be submitted by registered referral partners

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Hact.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£2,558,770	£2,201,154	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£3,555,897	£3,555,493	£1,420,784	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,555,212	£3,071,689	£524,170	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£5,046,431	£4,761,445	£2,299,701	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£4,821,943	£5,882,329	£3,085,621	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022

£1.4M grants

YE 2023

£524k grants

YE 2024

£2.3M grants

YE 2025

£3.1M paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.