What London Housing Foundation does

London Homelessness Foundation (LHF) is a UK registered charity (Charity No. 270178; Company No. 01226903) founded in 1990 and headquartered at Tempus Wharf, Bermondsey Wall West, London. It does not provide direct services to individuals experiencing homelessness; instead, it amplifies impact by working through and with other organisations. Its core programmes are: (1) a Grants Programme funding London-based and selected international homelessness organisations, with disclosed grants ranging from £13,451 to £120,000 over multi-year terms; (2) the LHF Atlas of Homelessness Services, an interactive web-based platform mapping services across all 33 London local authority areas, including over 10,000 hostel/supported housing spaces, 32 Housing First projects (supporting 669 people), 2,277 young people's accommodation spaces (ages 16-25), and 3,800 social rented homes allocated to former rough sleepers; (3) the annual £60,000 London Homelessness Awards, co-sponsored with Shelter, Crisis, the Mayor of London, and London Housing Directors; (4) a Leadership & Management postgraduate certificate delivered with London South Bank University, plus an Alumni Programme; and (5) consultancy support and policy-influencing work.

The organisation is funded mainly by investment income and operates with a small team of 5 staff plus a board of voluntary trustees. Its strategic and operational model rests on a network of core partnerships, most notably with Homeless Link (co-delivering the Atlas), London South Bank University (academic partner), Depaul International (8-year partnership supporting Eastern European homelessness work including Ukraine), Housing Justice, London Councils, Transformation Partnerships in Health and Care, and FEANTSA at the European level. Award winners and grant recipients span women's services, addiction recovery, refugee support, employment pathways, arts-based programmes, and youth homelessness—indicating a deliberately diversified portfolio across the London homelessness sector.

Name

London Housing Foundation

Legal name

London Homelessness Foundation

Website

https://lhf.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

London Homelessness Foundation is a UK registered charity that supports organisations ending homelessness in London and select international contexts through grants, the LHF Atlas data platform, the £60,000 London Homelessness Awards, and a postgraduate leadership programme with London South Bank University.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness charity and grant-making foundation

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Homelessness charity services
• Grant funding programs
• Interactive service mapping
• Leadership development programs
• Charitable foundation work

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable/Investment Income: LHF is a registered charity funded mainly by investment income that provides grants to organisations as well as instigating and supporting projects that will assist an improvement in the living conditions and life chances of people who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

London Housing Foundation (LHF) is a registered charity that supports and champions work to end homelessness in London by working through and with other organizations. It provides grant funding to homelessness-focused NGOs, runs the £60,000 London Homelessness Awards in partnership with Shelter, Crisis, the Mayor of London and the London Housing Directors, operates the interactive LHF Atlas of Homelessness Services mapping provision across 33 London boroughs, and delivers a Leadership and Management postgraduate certificate with London South Bank University alongside consultancy support and policy influencing work.

Product overview

London Homelessness Foundation (LHF) operates as a charitable foundation with a portfolio of interconnected programmes focused on ending homelessness in London. The core offerings include: the LHF Atlas (an interactive website mapping London's homelessness services), the London Homelessness Awards (£60,000 annual prize programme), a Leadership and Management Postgraduate Programme delivered with LSBU, a Grants Programme funding homelessness organisations, Consultancy Support services, and Influencing Work for policy development. The organisation also maintains an Alumni Programme for Leadership graduates. The Atlas serves as the primary digital product, while grants and awards provide funding and recognition to the sector. The leadership programme builds sector capacity through education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LHF Atlas: Interactive website providing overview of homelessness services across London at pan-London, borough, and multi-borough levels.
• London Homelessness Awards
• LHF Alumni Programme

Products and services

• LHF Atlas of Homelessness Services An interactive website providing a unique overview of the volume and composition of homelessness services in London for people with experience of or at risk of sleeping rough. The Atlas allows users to view service information and statistics at pan-London, borough, or multi-borough level, tracking over 10,000 hostel and supported housing spaces across all 33 London local authority areas, with more than 300 monthly visitors.
• London Homelessness Awards A prestigious annual awards programme with a £60,000 prize fund, run in partnership with Shelter, Crisis, the Mayor of London, and London Housing Directors, to celebrate and promote innovative approaches to tackling homelessness in London. Awards distributed annually since 2021 with first prize £30,000, second prize £20,000, and third prize £10,000.
• Leadership and Management Postgraduate Programme A postgraduate certificate programme delivered in partnership with London South Bank University, providing leadership development for sector managers and leaders in the homelessness and related sectors. Features residential at Cumberland Lodge and modules on Leadership and Management, Organisational Development, and Finance for Non-Finance Managers, with 16 students per cohort.
• LHF Alumni Programme An ongoing programme of learning, events, and development for Leadership Programme graduates, including training courses, special events with guest speakers, Action Learning Sets, and annual networking opportunities.
• Grants Programme Funding programme supporting projects and organisations based in London that work directly with people who are homeless, focusing on early-stage higher-risk projects requiring proof of concept, sector collaboration and consolidation, and international projects with potential for systemic change. Recent grants include £75,000 to Treasures Foundation, £90,000 over three years to People's Recovery Project, £120,000 over three years to Prisoners Abroad, £75,000 to Fat Macy's, and £13,451 to Streetwise Opera.
• Consultancy Support Specialist consultancy services offered to partner organisations, including support in finance, research and data, communications, mergers, and management to assist organisations in developing their capacity and effectiveness.
• Influencing Work Policy influencing activities including working with civil servants and provider organisations to discuss issues affecting people without secure housing, facilitating meetings between politicians and sector managers, and contributing to legislation development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Monthly visitors to Atlas website: over 300 people
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Baroness Louise CaseycoreOthers · 6 January 2026Presents trophies and cheques at London Homelessness Awards ceremonies. Chaired the judging panel for 2025 awards. Key high-profile figure lending credibility to the awards program.
• Homeless LinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Homeless Link to deliver the Atlas of Homelessness Services website. Homeless Link's Information Team works with LHF on Atlas releases, and Gareth Thomas serves as Homeless Link's Atlas project lead. Homeless Link is an essential partner for data collection and website delivery.
• Depaul InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLHF has had a close partnership with Depaul International for 8 years, supporting their international humanitarian work with homeless people in Eastern Europe. Most recently supported aspects of their work in Ukraine. LHF Executive Chair Ian Brady attended the launch of Depaul Ukraine's homelessness report in Kyiv.
• SheltercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor of the London Homelessness Awards along with Crisis, Mayor of London, and London Housing Directors. Shelter also participates in judging panels and provides expert panels including service user feedback for award assessments.
• CrisiscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor of the London Homelessness Awards. Provides expert panels with service user feedback for award assessments. Crisis Skylight Brent won £30,000 in 2025 awards.
• Mayor of LondoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor of the London Homelessness Awards. The Mayor's Rough Sleeping Plan of Action sets renewed direction for tackling homelessness that Atlas data helps support.
• London Housing DirectorscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-sponsor of the London Homelessness Awards. Represents London's housing directors in the prestigious awards program.
• London South Bank University (LSBU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for LHF's Leadership & Management postgraduate certificate course. Course features residential at Cumberland Lodge and includes modules on Leadership and Management, Organisational Development, and Finance for Non-Finance Managers.
• FEANTSAminorOthersEuropean Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless. LHF is a member and participates in European homelessness discussions to learn from other agencies and understand how conditions impact demand for services in London.
• Housing JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing Justice offers wide range of support to shelters including targeted expert advice, Quality Assessment Framework programme, Impact Portal for data collection, and advocacy. Collaborated on new Shelters map feature for Atlas.
• London CouncilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLHF worked with London Councils on new Atlas features including Housing Options map with quick links for each London Local Authority. Information shared with all Heads of Housing Needs.
• Transformation Partnerships in Health and CareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreviously Healthy London Partnership. Approached LHF in late 2022 for input on providing quick access to information about local authority housing options services for people at risk of homelessness.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Crisis: National UK homelessness charity that is a co-sponsor of LHF's London Homelessness Awards and a direct funder/operator of homelessness services in London. Highly comparable as a grant-making and service-delivery charity focused on the same beneficiary population.
• Shelter: UK's largest housing and homelessness charity, co-sponsor of LHF's London Homelessness Awards. Comparable in mission (ending homelessness/housing hardship) but operates at national scale with significantly larger resources.
• Homeless Link: England-wide membership charity for homelessness organizations; LHF's core Atlas delivery partner. Directly comparable as an infrastructure body supporting homelessness service providers through data, training, and convening.
• St Mungo's: Major London-based homelessness charity providing housing and recovery services. LHF has funded St Mungo's-related projects; comparable as a London-focused homelessness organization, though much larger and service-delivery oriented rather than grant-making.
• Centrepoint: UK youth homelessness charity; comparable mission focus on a key sub-segment LHF tracks (young people's accommodation, ages 16-25) and funds via grants.
• Depaul International: International homelessness charity with close 8-year LHF partnership; LHF funds its Eastern European and Ukraine work. Comparable as a homelessness-focused charitable organization with grant-receiving relationship to LHF.
• The Passage: London-based homelessness charity whose 'No Night Out Service' won LHF's 2024 Homelessness Awards commendation. Comparable as a frontline London homelessness service provider in LHF's funding and recognition ecosystem.
• Housing Justice: UK charity supporting shelters and housing justice; core LHF partner on the Atlas Shelters map feature. Highly comparable as a homelessness infrastructure and advocacy body.

Emerging players

• FEANTSA: European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, of which LHF is a member. Comparable as a homelessness-focused umbrella body but operating at pan-European rather than London level.
• Pathway: UK healthcare/homelessness charity working at the intersection of NHS and homelessness services — comparable mission overlap with LHF's funded London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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