RUSH HOUSE LTD

Registered charity 1044911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUSH HOUSE PROJECT LIMITED

The company is a registered charity and its principal object is the provision of support, advice and accommodation for homeless young people.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £420,347, while restricted funds stood at £45,434. The trustees report that the organization is in a secure financial position, with the auditors confirming no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Largest income source: none

“Income from charitable activities of £983,578 (2024: £616,244) was unrestricted and £120,085 (2024: £115,556) was restricted.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £420k)

“The trustees approved a reserves policy in 2019 in line with guidance issued by the Charity Commission. Reserves are considered appropriate to: i. Ensure the continuity of the organisation in the event of an interruption to its income. ii. Provide a financial support in the event of emergencies. iii, Contribute significantly to the trustees' and management team's ability to ensure and balance the current and future needs of Rush House.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SMH Group Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rush House (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£180k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas Knowleschair
ALAN HEPPENSTALL
Clive Stuart Jones
David James Homer
Karen Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
Rose Martin

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

Operates in: Rotherham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£819k	£890k
31/03/2023	£850k	£845k
31/03/2022	£836k	£764k
31/03/2021	£731k	£763k

Common questions

Is RUSH HOUSE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £420,347, while restricted funds stood at £45,434. The trustees report that the organization is in a secure financial position, with the auditors confirming no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SMH Group Audit.

Who funds RUSH HOUSE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RUSH HOUSE LTD as a grant recipient include THE ABSTRACT FOUNDATION, VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Karen Shaw — trustee here and at VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ABSTRACT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£250k	Youth Homelessness
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM	FY2022	£33k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM	FY2023	£4k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2022	£351k	Brighter Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2019	£400k	Brighter Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/05/2011	£268k	A Life Of Your Own
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/04/2006	£150k	The Skills for Independent Living Project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	2	£78k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EPSOM	1	—
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY	1	£18k
STRAND PARISHES TRUST	1	£15k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£14k
THE HARLOW HEALTH CENTRES TRUST LIMITED	1	£5k
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHERBORNE WITH CASTLETON	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

DOORSTEP OF HULL income £2.2m
Stay Charity income £2.2m
STREETS2HOMES income £332k
Church Homeless Charity income £421k
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT income £1.1m
London Homelessness Foundation income £781k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUSH HOUSE LTD	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DOORSTEP OF HULL FY2025	£2.2m	—	below	—	no doubt
Stay Charity FY2025	£2.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STREETS2HOMES FY2025	£332k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Church Homeless Charity FY2025	£421k	—	above	19.0%	no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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