NEW ROOTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1055759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as N R L

Provision of accommodation and general support for non priority adult homeless

Objects

A) PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SUPPORTED HOUSING AND SPECIALISED SUPPORTED HOUSING TO VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.B) TO DO ANY LAWFUL ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING, SOCIAL HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION.C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST SUCH PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING COURSES AS WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.D) THE COMPANY SHALL NOT TRADE FOR PROFIT AND NOTHING SHALL BE PAID OR TRANSFERRED BY WAY OF PROFIT TO MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £326,297 for the year ended 28 February 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,124,027, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain a stable service and meet contractual liabilities. The trustees have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least twelve months from the date of signing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2023 (received 23/04/2024, 117 days after the 28/12/2023 due date); year ending 28/02/2022 (received 16/04/2023, 109 days after the 28/12/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03199738

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.

• FOLEY, Kate — director, appointed 25/10/2023on trustee list
• CUNNINGHAM, Bentley — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
• BENNETT, Dominic Jon — director, appointed 01/12/2022on trustee list
• GOODWIN, Raymond — director, appointed 20/04/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bentley Cunningham
• Dominic Bennett
• Kate Foley
• Raymond Goodwin

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROOTS FOUNDATION WALES.

• THE ROOTS FOUNDATION WALES income £246k
• YOUNG ROOTS income £1.4m
• NEWLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £42k
• RED HOUSE YOUTH TRUST income £68k
• WORKSOP AND RETFORD HOUSING PROJECT LIMITED income £2.2m
• STROUD & DISTRICT HOMES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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