DOORSTEP

Registered charity 1007692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty and distress and the advancement of education of persons resident in Camden and the surrounding area in particular those who are homeless or living in temporary accommodation.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£148k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,874 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £147,988 against total expenditure of £130,114. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £179,295 are sufficient to support the charity's operations for a minimum of six months. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable accounting standards and that no matters requiring attention were identified during the examination.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The Statement of Financial Activities shows total income for the year of £147,988 (2024: £165,226) and total expenditure of £130,114 (2024: £144,879) resulting in surplus of £17,874 (2024: surplus of £20,347).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £179k)
“The present level of reserves is sufficient to support the running of the charity for a minimum of six months.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£148k£130k
31/03/2024£165k£145k
31/03/2023£203k£212k
31/03/2022£156k£137k
31/03/2021£213k£134k

Common questions

Is DOORSTEP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £17,874 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £147,988 against total expenditure of £130,114. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £179,295 are sufficient to support the charity's operations for a minimum of six months. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable accounting standards and that no matters requiring attention were identified during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DOORSTEP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOORSTEP as a grant recipient include THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST, THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION, STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2023£58k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUSTFY2023£20khelp Doorstep cope with the ending of Camden Council funding
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUSTFY2022£11kGrants to Organisations
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESSFY2024£10k
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESSFY2025£10k
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESSFY2022£10k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUSTFY2023£7kadded to help provide 45 families with a monthly store cupboard food parcel
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESSFY2023£5k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kthe Summer Programme
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Camden Giving17/06/2025£5kA little help is worth a lot of pity
Camden Giving28/05/2024£2kDoorstep Homeless Families Project
Camden Council21/02/2024£210kGrant to Doorstep Homeless Families Project
London Borough of Camden21/02/2024£210kGrant to Doorstep Homeless Families Project
Camden Giving16/02/2022£8kDoorstep Homeless project
Camden Giving08/06/2020£5kDoorstep Homeless project
UK government22/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOORSTEP OF HULL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOORSTEP£148k—0above—no doubt
DOORSTEP OF HULL FY2025£2.2m—0below—no doubt
STEP BY STEP PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2026£4.6m——within—no doubt
OPEN DOOR SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
ACCOMMODATION CONCERN FY2025£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES AREA DOORSTEP FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.