CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS

Registered charity 1074401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CATH

Chester Aid To The Homeless provides accomodation and related support services to homeless individuals in need.

Objects

THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS OR SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL INFIRMITY OR WHO BY REASON OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL-HEALTH OR BY BEING A DISCHARGED OFFENDER ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSTELS AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND TO ENABLE THESE PERSONS TO DEVELOP AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £24,807 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £650,101. This reserve level is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £306,296, representing approximately two years of current expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties related to going concern.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH) (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~25.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Rosenbloom
• Charlotte Edwards
• JOHN FREDERICK CHARLES ARNOLD
• Julia Davies
• Julie Caroll
• Roger Roberts
• Sarah Hall
• Sarah Padmore
• Susan Grave
• sandra Worger

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER.

• HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER income £289k
• CHESS Homeless income £4.6m
• SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD income £406k
• CHICHESTER HEART FOR HOMELESS income £121k
• REDEEMER CHURCH CHESTER LE STREET income £186k
• CHESTERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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