THE UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S)

Registered charity 1004354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UPPER ROOM, UPPER ROOM, UPPER ROOM (ST SAVIOUR'S WITH ST MARY'S)

The Upper Room works with homeless people, economic migrants, ex-offenders and other socially disadvantaged people to improve their lives and conditions. The Upper Room aims to give people a second chance.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST THE HOMELESS OR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR OWN INADEQUACY ARE UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVICE AND COUNSELLING TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP TO FULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY 2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OF RELIGION, AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, BUT IN PRACTICE WEST LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £9,435 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income rising to £708,332. The trustees report that unrestricted cash reserves of £264,632 are within the stated target range of £147,947 to £359,852, indicating a healthy current net asset position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02567517

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Upper Room (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SCHROEDER, Christian Patrick — director, appointed 23/07/2026on trustee list
• BARTON, Gregory Daniel — director, appointed 25/06/2025on trustee list
• PATEL, Avisha Jailesh — director, appointed 12/08/2024on trustee list
• NGUYEN, Da Huong Thao — director, appointed 12/08/2024on trustee list
• WOOD, Charlotte Emma — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
• SCHICK, Philip Michael John — director, appointed 28/09/2020not on trustee list
• MAWDSLEY, Paul Michael — director, appointed 09/10/2014on trustee list
• SHAW, Richard Macdonald — director, appointed 20/02/2011on trustee list
• STEVENSON, Bridget Laura — director, appointed 01/09/2009on trustee list
• TUKE, Simon Martin — director, appointed 12/10/2005on trustee list
• MAWDSLEY, Paul Michael — secretary, appointed 17/06/2015

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christian Patrick Schroederchair
• Avisha Patel
• BRIDGET STEVENSON
• Charlotte Wood
• Da Huong Thao Nguyen
• Gregory Daniel Barton
• Paul Michael Mawdsley
• Phillip Schick
• RICHARD MACDONALD SHAW
• SIMON TUKE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UPPER ROOM CHURCH.

• UPPER ROOM CHURCH income £41k
• THE UPPER ROOM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (MIDDLETON) income £88k
• UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY income £4.7m
• THE SAVIOUR TRUST income £6.1m
• SARISBURY PARISH ROOM income £39k
• UPPER ROOM FIRE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £116k

Side by side with its peers

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