Centre for Homelessness Impact

Name

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Legal name

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Website

https://homelessnessimpact.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness Policy Research

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

Keywords

• Homelessness research
• Evidence-based policy
• Social intervention evaluation
• Homelessness data tools
• Rough sleeping research

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Centre for Homelessness Impact is a UK charity that produces research, digital evidence tools, and programme evaluations to help policymakers and practitioners identify what works to end homelessness. Its core offerings are four free online tools — the SHARE Framework, Intervention Tool, Evidence Finder, and Evidence & Gap Maps — together with the Test and Learn / Systems-Wide Evaluation programme of trials and impact assessments for homelessness interventions.

Product overview

The Centre for Homelessness Impact operates as an evidence-focused organisation offering a suite of digital tools for the homelessness sector. Its core product portfolio consists of the SHARE Framework (a progress tracker for monitoring outcomes), the Intervention Tool (providing evidence summaries and ratings), the Evidence Finder (enabling searches across global knowledge libraries), and Evidence & Gap Maps (visualising the evidence landscape). These tools are complemented by the Test and Learn programme, which conducts trials and evaluations of homelessness interventions. Together, these products make evidence on homelessness interventions accessible to policymakers and practitioners, helping them make data-driven decisions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SHARE Framework A free online tool that provides a big-picture view and progress tracker for homelessness outcomes across systems, helping policymakers and practitioners monitor and understand homelessness data.
• Intervention Tool A free online tool that provides summaries and evidence ratings for homelessness interventions, helping practitioners understand what works and choose appropriate approaches.
• Evidence Finder A free online search tool that allows users to find and explore evidence and gap maps within global knowledge libraries on homelessness interventions.
• Evidence & Gap Maps Interactive online maps that visualise the global evidence base for homelessness interventions, highlighting where evidence is strong and where gaps exist.
• Test and Learn / Systems-Wide Evaluation A programme of trials and rigorous impact evaluations testing innovative ways to reduce homelessness and end rough sleeping, including system mapping and quasi-experimental evaluations such as the Citadel trial and the Everyone In Social Investment Pilot.

Quantifiable outcome

• Social Investment Pilot delivered 90%+ of properties in highest need local authorities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Housing JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing Justice is a key delivery partner for the Citadel trial, which tests the impact of community volunteers supporting people experiencing homelessness to sustain tenancies. CHI collaborates with Housing Justice on programme delivery, events, and sharing findings from the trial. The partnership involves hosting events to celebrate programme achievements and share learnings from the volunteer support model.
• Manchester Metropolitan UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed the evaluation of the Everyone In Social Investment Pilot in partnership with CHI, universities of Glasgow, Herriot-Watt, and Cincinnati, and People's Voice Media. The evaluation combined process tracing, economic analysis, and lived-experience research.
• Universities of Glasgow, Herriot-Watt, and CincinnaticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partners collaborating with Manchester Metropolitan University and CHI on the Social Investment Pilot evaluation, providing academic expertise and research capacity.
• People's Voice MediasecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner contributing lived-experience research perspectives to the Social Investment Pilot evaluation alongside academic partners.
• What Works NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHI is a member of the UK Government's What Works Network, which supports evidence-based policy making across government. This network status gives CHI official recognition as a centre of expertise for evidence and evaluation in its domain.
• Turnaround BristolsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner co-hosting the Citadel trial celebration event in Bristol alongside Housing Justice, supporting local delivery of the volunteer programme.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Homeless Link: UK-wide membership organization for homelessness charities and housing providers. Directly comparable to CHI as a UK homelessness sector infrastructure body focused on evidence, training, and best practice dissemination.
• Crisis UK: Major UK homelessness charity combining direct service delivery with policy and research functions. Comparable to CHI for its research-led approach to ending homelessness and influence on UK homelessness policy.
• Centre for Cities: UK urban policy research organization producing data, reports, and policy recommendations. Comparable to CHI as a small, evidence-focused UK policy research outfit informing government decision-making.
• What Works Centre for Children's Social Care: UK What Works Network member producing evidence reviews and tools for children's social care. Closely comparable to CHI as a sister What Works centre applying similar evidence-and-evaluation methodology to a different social issue.

Broad incumbents

• Shelter: UK national housing and homelessness charity with a large research and policy function. Comparable as a major UK housing-sector evidence and advocacy organization operating at significantly larger scale.
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF): UK anti-poverty research and policy charity. Comparable to CHI for its evidence-led approach to social problems, broader poverty lens, and influence on UK government social policy.
• The King's Fund: Independent UK health and social care policy research charity. Comparable as a What Works-adjacent evidence organization influencing government policy in the social sector.
• RAND Corporation: Global policy research institution with a substantial housing and homelessness research portfolio. Comparable as a large-scale evidence producer whose tools and evaluations inform homelessness policy internationally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClCrME1DxFaEVtsu1j1jOOg
• Facebookfacebook.com/homelessnessimpact
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-for-homelessness-impact
• Instagraminstagram.com/homelessnessimpact
• Xx.com/homelessimpact

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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