NOMAD OPENING DOORS

Registered charity 1078089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOMAD HOMELESS ADVICE AND SUPPORT UNIT

Nomad is committed to providing innovative and personalised housing and support services that help people to transform their lives. By focusing on our clients' strengths we help them develop trust in their capabilities and have faith in their potential. We aim to improve access to decent, sustainable, and affordable accommodation for those who are in housing need in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND NEED AMONGST HOMELESS PERSONS IN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, NATIONALITY, DISABILITY, OR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AND ANCILLARY ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £655,577, with unrestricted funds at £605,423 and restricted funds at £50,154. The charity reported a net income of £194,367 for the year, supported by significant grant funding from the National Lottery and other foundations. Reserves held were £354,711, which is above the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £155,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 6 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03846994
• Trading subsidiary: STRIKE PROPERTIES LIMITED Companies House 05726677 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: CLARITY ENTERPRISES LTD Companies House 06670879 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nomad (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.

• PASSINGHAM, Anthony Richard — director, appointed 11/03/2026on trustee list
• SANDERS, Rhona — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• BEARD, Vincent — director, appointed 31/03/2023on trustee list
• DREVER, Joy Marjorie Kay — director, appointed 24/03/2023on trustee list
• LUCAS, Ruth Margaret — director, appointed 15/09/2021on trustee list
• RUNDELL, Stephen — secretary, appointed 13/05/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £133k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rhona Sanderschair
• Anthony Passingham
• Dr Stephen David Green
• Joy Marjorie Kay Drever
• Ruth Lucas
• Vincent Beard

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

Operates in: Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOMAD - NATIONS OF MIGRATION AWAKENING THE DIASPORA.

• NOMAD - NATIONS OF MIGRATION AWAKENING THE DIASPORA income £134k
• NOOR AID income £679k
• WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOUR? income £239k
• DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED income £994k
• FOCUS HOUSING NW income £400k
• TARGET HOUSING LIMITED income £18.6m

Side by side with its peers

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