THE NOAH ENTERPRISE (NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HORIZONS)
Registered charity 1059672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOAH ENTERPRISE
Welfare Service providing food, shelter, counselling, resettlement advice, medical and dental care, and a street outreach service working with rough sleepers and those deeply entrenched. Social Enterprise where we restore furniture and white goods for sale, providing work experience and training in vocational and life skills.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £240,227 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves of £573,431, which it states are established to ensure the continuous operation of its programs and cover three months of payroll costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of payroll costs (held: £573k)
“In line with its governing policy, the Board of Trustees maintains reserves in the form of net working capital, i.e. current assets less current liabilities, to cover three months of payroll costs” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NOAH Enterprise (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.
- RUSHMERE, David John — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
- MISSELBROOK, Helen Lucy — director, appointed 30/01/2025on trustee list
- MORRIS, Claire — director, appointed 18/04/2024not on trustee list
- GILL, Stephen, Dr — director, appointed 27/04/2023on trustee list
- CONAWAY, Lloyd — director, appointed 20/10/2022on trustee list
- ALDWIN, Tara — secretary, appointed 27/07/2023
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£162k
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- LLOYD CONAWAYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Clare Morris
- David John Rushmere
- Dr Stephen Gill · trustee of 2 other charities
- Helen Lucy Misselbrook
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE NOAH ENTERPRISE (NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HORIZONS) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £240,227 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves of £573,431, which it states are established to ensure the continuous operation of its programs and cover three months of payroll costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey.
Who funds THE NOAH ENTERPRISE (NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HORIZONS)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NOAH ENTERPRISE (NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HORIZONS) as a grant recipient include BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, CEO SLEEPOUT, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.
Known funders
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