Emmaus Hertfordshire

Registered charity 1073808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMAUS ST ALBANS

The charity's objects are the alleviation and relief of poverty, hardship and distress in the Hertfordshire area. The policies adopted in furtherance of these objectives are the provision of accommodation, assistance and meaningful work for homeless people in the Hertfordshire area within a community run in accordance with the concepts and principles of Emmaus and the international manifesto.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest surplus of £69,364 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £783,575. This exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of expenditure, estimated at £302,586. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from Over £60,000 (FY2024) to £70,000 or more (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emmaus Hertfordshire (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• CPL Aromas — “A spotlight on how three Corporate Partners made an enormous difference to our charity CPL Aromas” (source page)
• Abels Moving Services — “Abels Moving Services, chose Emmaus Hertfordshire as its chosen charity in August 2024, after donating a fantastic range of furniture to our…” (source page)
• Bell UK — “Leading telecommunications company Bell UK kindly donated three laptops which have boosted our work supporting people who have experienced h…” (source page)
• Bishop's Move — “Bishop’s Move has a long tradition of supporting both national and local charities including us. The leading moving company supported us by …” (source page)
• Bunzl — “Our longstanding partners, Bunzl plc, the global cleaning and hygiene supplier, has given us incredible support over the past few years, fro…” (source page)
• Tesco — “A team of volunteering superstars from Tesco Food, transformed our Hill End shop in September 2023, giving it a great new look for our custo…” (source page)
• Willmott Dixon — “Our long-term partners, construction company Willmott Dixon, have been instrumental in optimising the career paths of our companions by dona…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (55% 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

• Richard Beltchair
• Anthony Simon Turnbull
• Chloe Mann
• David Sawday
• Heather Margaret Hurford
• Ole Krogh Buus
• Peter Ho
• Richard Anthony Exact · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert James Prynn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samanti Drury
• Simona Bojare

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

Operates in: Barnet · France · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• EMMAUS TURVEY income £2.0m
• EMMAUS GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m
• EMMAUS HASTINGS AND ROTHER income £491k
• EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE income £2.0m
• EMMAUS SHEFFIELD income £659k
• EMMAUS U.K. income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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