Turning Tides Homelessness
Registered charity 1027832 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WCHP, WORTHING CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECTS
Relief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation, advice and assistance for persons who are deemed homeless and/or in need of such accommodation, advice or assistance.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net statutory surplus of £359,698 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £7,177,470. Free reserves amounted to £1,562,000, which the trustees report is at the top of their agreed range, positioning the charity to face financial challenges. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 148.4% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising events 165,891 - 165,891 185,620” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately 3 months operating costs (held: £1.6m)
“Maximum reserves level Double the minimum reserves level £1,500k (being approximately 3 months operating costs at the time the policy was set)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
In the news
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Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report states '1,065 clients accessed our services & support' on page 3, and reiterates 'reach over 1000 people' on page 6. This is a concrete factual claim about the number of people helped.
“1,065 clients accessed our services & support”
Page 3 and 5 state '214 clients supported into accommodation' and break this down by hub (91 in Worthing, 73 in Littlehampton). This is a verifiable impact metric.
“214 clients supported into accommodation”
Page 3 and 5 state '7,792 drop-ins across our community hubs'. This is a concrete metric of service delivery.
“7,792 drop-ins across our community hubs”
Page 10 states 'In the last year we have had 191 incredible volunteers'. This is a concrete factual claim about volunteer engagement.
“In the last year we have had 191 incredible volunteers”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Turning Tides Homelessness (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- John Holmstrom — Chief Executive (source)
- Martin Quinn — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Mary Maher — Finance Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- KNIBBS, Vivien Mary — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
- STREET, Laura — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
- RYDER, Catherine Anne — director, appointed 20/07/2026on trustee list
- JAMES, Samantha Claire — director, appointed 12/05/2025on trustee list
- RANGER, Neil Charles — director, appointed 12/05/2025on trustee list
- KAVAN, Victoria Yvonne — director, appointed 17/02/2025on trustee list
- ROSSER, Jonathan Howe — director, appointed 13/05/2024on trustee list
- KEECH, Daniel George Anthony — director, appointed 19/02/2024on trustee list
- BEVERLEY, Nicholas James Patrick — director, appointed 25/09/2023not on trustee list
- JONES, Bill — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
- QUINN, Martin — director, appointed 24/09/2018on trustee list
- ANDERSON, Duncan Graham — director, appointed 24/09/2018on trustee list
- MAHER, Mary Louise — secretary, appointed 24/04/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
22 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold); recorded price paid £1.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Turning Tides Homelessness — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 14/05/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)
Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Turning Tides Recovery Project: Good (11/07/2019) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Bill Jones
- Catherine Anne Ryder
- DUNCAN ANDERSON
- Daniel Keech
- Jonathan Rosser · trustee of 1 other charity
- Laura Street
- Martin Quinn
- Neil Ranger
- Nicholas Beverley-Hedger
- Samantha James
- Victoria Kavan
- Vivien Mary Knibbs
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Turning Tides Homelessness financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net statutory surplus of £359,698 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £7,177,470. Free reserves amounted to £1,562,000, which the trustees report is at the top of their agreed range, positioning the charity to face financial challenges. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited.
Who funds Turning Tides Homelessness?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Turning Tides Homelessness as a grant recipient include OPTIGENE FOUNDATION, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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