NORTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLE HOMELESS

Registered charity 1080260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR SING

The charity works to relieve hardship, need and distress amongst those who are homeless, and to educate the public concerning the homeless.

Objects

1. TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND NEED AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS; 2. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE HOMELESS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NORTHAMPTON

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a satisfactory increase in income to £1,987,151 and a net income of £329,821 for the year ended 31 March 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £1,049,332, representing a strong financial position with positive cash flow and no public fundraising activities undertaken during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cottons Accountants LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £536k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (92% 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

• DAVID ANTHONY BILLSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARTIN ALAN COX
• PETER VERNON PHILLIPS
• Peter James Vigurs
• THOMAS WILLIAM JAMES ADAMS

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY.

• NORTHAMPTON MUNICIPAL CHURCH CHARITY income £333k
• ST JOHN'S HOME income £2.3m
• DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD income £1.3m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED income £397k
• SOUTHAMPTON CITY AND REGION ACTION TO COMBAT HARDSHIP income £1.7m
• SUPPORT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £550k

Side by side with its peers

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