Stay Charity
Registered charity 1066948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAY, TELFORD CHRISTIAN COUNCIL SUPPORTED HOUSING
Supported housing schemes for vulnerable homeless young people.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a net surplus of £348,581 for the year, increasing total unrestricted funds to £808,366. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of operating expenditure, with actual free cash reserves at £371,366, which is below the lower end of that policy target. The accounts confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stay (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The National Lottery Community Fund — “Partners For Change is an exciting new project serving the people of Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and funded by The National Lottery Communi…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).
- Pauline Heffernanchair
- Alison Sargent
- BRIAN KEATES
- Christopher Ian Pelling-Fulford
- Claire Louise Holden
- Mary Louise Bawn · trustee of 1 other charity
- Matthew Joseph Flanagan
- Michael John Carr
- Paramveer Singh Billin Gill
- Robert Thomas Hughes
- Victoria Jane Swinbourne
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Telford & Wrekin
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Stay Charity financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £348,581 for the year, increasing total unrestricted funds to £808,366. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of operating expenditure, with actual free cash reserves at £371,366, which is below the lower end of that policy target. The accounts confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by WR Partners.
Who funds Stay Charity?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Stay Charity as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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