EMMAUS PRESTON

Registered charity 1073677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMAUS LANCASHIRE, Emmaus Lancashire

Establishment of an Emmaus Community for Homeless People at The Birches Ribbleton Lane Preston purchased by the Charity in January 2007. Warehouses and shops are operated by the Community to help fund the costs.

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Latest income

£964k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £54,851 for the year, reducing total funds to £909,838. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £555,705, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting that while retail income faced challenges due to store closures and relocation, the new department store is trading well.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 to £70,000 1” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £60,001 to £70,000 1” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months costs in reserves (held: £556k)

“In line with advice from Emmaus UK we hold at least the equivalent of three months costs in reserves to cover overheads in event of closure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03643570

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.

CONLON, Patsy — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
EDWARDS, Nicholas John — director, appointed 24/09/2020on trustee list
RAWKINS, Jeremy John Bruce — director, appointed 25/04/2018on trustee list
MEIN, Dorothy Jennifer — director, appointed 25/01/2018on trustee list
PARKER, Simon — director, appointed 23/06/2016on trustee list
CALDWELL, James Arthur — director, appointed 13/05/2010on trustee list
DEAN, John Robert — director, appointed 08/04/2010on trustee list
DERBYSHIRE, Kathleen Caroll — director, appointed 30/09/2006not on trustee list
CONLON, Michael Gerard — director, appointed 30/09/2006on trustee list
EDWARDS, Nicholas John — secretary, appointed 25/01/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£964k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£417k

Reserves (reported)

£556k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN ROBERT DEANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthony Dalby
Dorothy Jennifer Mein · trustee of 1 other charity
James ARTHUR CALDWELL
Jeremy John Bruce Rawkins · trustee of 1 other charity
KATHERINE CAROLL DERBYSHIRE JP
MICHAEL Gerard CONLON
Nicholas John Edwards · trustee of 2 other charities
Patsy Conlon
SIMON PARKER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£964k	£1.0m
30/06/2024	£865k	£1.1m
30/06/2023	£1.1m	£1.3m
30/06/2022	£679k	£712k
30/06/2021	£630k	£616k

Common questions

Is EMMAUS PRESTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £54,851 for the year, reducing total funds to £909,838. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £555,705, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting that while retail income faced challenges due to store closures and relocation, the new department store is trading well. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of EMMAUS PRESTON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
EMMAUS U.K.	4	£352k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	3	£23k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£10k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£41k
THE HARPUR TRUST	1	£30k
THE PANACEA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EMMAUS BRISTOL.

EMMAUS BRISTOL income £788k
EMMAUS SHEFFIELD income £659k
EMMAUS SOUTH LAMBETH COMMUNITY income £1.8m
EMMAUS HASTINGS AND ROTHER income £491k
SUSSEX EMMAUS income £2.0m
EMMAUS GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EMMAUS PRESTON	£964k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMAUS BRISTOL FY2025	£788k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
EMMAUS SHEFFIELD FY2025	£659k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMAUS SOUTH LAMBETH COMMUNITY FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EMMAUS HASTINGS AND ROTHER FY2025	£491k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SUSSEX EMMAUS FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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