WALTHAM FOREST CHURCHES NIGHT SHELTER-WFCNS LIMITED

Registered charity 1086888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Waltham Forest Churches Night Shelter provides short-term accommodation, support and resettlement services for former rough sleepers and street homeless people in its hostel, known as 'Branches'. We provide advocacy, and access to life-skills development, employment, training and volunteering opportunities to give individuals a better chance of successful independent living after they move on.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell significantly to £17,605 due to investment in a property refurbishment project, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £405,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £38,273 and maintains adequate resources for going concern, though it faces risks related to dependency on external grant funding and an upcoming contract retender.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fredericks Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £940k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gilbert Alexander Stowechair
• Alan Mustafa
• Anna Nesbitt
• Benjamin John Patrick Lynch
• Dr Sheila Belgrave · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Pogue
• Tom MARKWELL
• WINSTON REID

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

Operates in: Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with London Homelessness Foundation.

• London Homelessness Foundation income £781k
• PATHWAYS: CHESTERFIELD DAY CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS income £422k
• BOSCO SOCIETY LTD income £1.1m
• FAITH IN ACTION MERTON HOMELESSNESS PROJECT income £304k
• HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £137k
• NIGHTSAFE LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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