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.

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

Latest income
£659k
Latest spending
£608k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £66k for the year ended 31st March 2025, comprising a surplus on unrestricted funds of £34k. Per the trustees' report, total income was £658,770 while total expenditure increased to £608k, resulting in a fall in general funds to £242k.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from charitable activities (84% of income)
“Income from charitable activities, however, increased by £63k to £554k” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
“The charity’s staffing costs reduced by £30k, as detailed in note 6.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Clarity Enterprises, Strike Properties
“The rise in income from housing management relates to additional client contributions for the refurbishment costs invoiced to Strike Properties”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

CLARITY ENTERPRISES LTD — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
  • Equity: £53k
  • Average employees: 1
CLARITY ENTERPRISES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
    STRIKE PROPERTIES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

      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.

      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 31/03/2025)

      Total income
      £659k
      Total spending
      £608k
      Cost of raising funds
      £191
      Reserves (reported)
      £154k
      Employees
      11

      Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

      Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

      Trustees · trustee networks

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

      Operates in: Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

      Income and spending

      Financial year endIncomeSpending
      31/03/2025£659k£608k
      31/03/2024£654k£532k
      31/03/2023£509k£469k
      31/03/2022£461k£413k
      31/03/2021£436k£413k

      Common questions

      Is NOMAD OPENING DOORS financially healthy?

      Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £66k for the year ended 31st March 2025, comprising a surplus on unrestricted funds of £34k. Per the trustees' report, total income was £658,770 while total expenditure increased to £608k, resulting in a fall in general funds to £242k. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

      Who funds NOMAD OPENING DOORS?

      Funders whose own accounts filings name NOMAD OPENING DOORS as a grant recipient include HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST.

      Known funders

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

      FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
      HIGHWAY ONE TRUSTFY2025£10k
      THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2023£9k
      THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
      THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£3kHomeless
      THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
      SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2022£2k
      SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£2k

      Government & lottery funding

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

      FunderDateAmountPurpose
      The National Lottery Community Fund07/08/2025£19kPathways to Potential
      The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£473kSmartSteps
      The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£10kHousing Officer
      The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2019£500kSmart Steps
      The National Lottery Community Fund03/11/2014£422kSmartSteps Programme
      The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2009£350kMoving Forwards
      The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2008£8kNOMAD's Credit Crunch Survival Guide
      The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2005£156kSmart Move

      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 NOMAD DETACHED YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT.

      Side by side with its peers

      CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
      NOMAD OPENING DOORS£659k—0unclear—no doubt
      NOMAD DETACHED YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£299k—0unclear—no doubt
      NOMAD - NATIONS OF MIGRATION AWAKENING THE DIASPORA FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
      NORTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLE HOMELESS FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
      OPEN HOMES NOTTINGHAM FY2025£149kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
      NICODEMUS FY2024£126k—0within—no doubt

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