Common questions about Framework Housing Association's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Framework Housing Association a good charity? +
Framework Housing Association scores 84 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 99% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Framework Housing Association a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Framework Housing Association as a registered charity (charity number 1060941). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1060941&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Framework Housing Association's charity number? +
Framework Housing Association's charity number is 1060941. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Framework Housing Association's charity rating? +
Framework Housing Association scores 84 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Framework Housing Association have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Framework Housing Association. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Framework Housing Association? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 99% of Framework Housing Association's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Framework Housing Association's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Framework Housing Association. Framework Housing Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 18 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (2 employees). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Framework Housing Association receive? +
Framework Housing Association reported £62m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Framework Housing Association's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-05). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Framework Housing Association based? +
Framework Housing Association's registered contact address is in Nottingham (NG7 6NX). It tells the regulator it operates in Nottingham City, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, North Lincolnshire, with a focus on homelessness.
How much is Framework Housing Association's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Framework Housing Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 18 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Framework Housing Association's money come from? +
Framework Housing Association reported £62m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £59m (95%), other income £2.1m (3%), donations and legacies £580k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £17k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Framework Housing Association? +
The register records Framework Housing Association as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Framework Housing Association's trustees paid? +
Framework Housing Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Framework Housing Association previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Framework Housing Association: Macedon; Macedon & Nhha.
When was Framework Housing Association registered as a charity? +
Framework Housing Association was entered on the register on 25 February 1997. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03318404).
How does CharityCompare score Framework Housing Association? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Framework Housing Association's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Framework Housing Association's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.