HOMEMAKER (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED

Registered charity 1088596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOMEMAKER SOUTH WEST

The aim of Homemaker is to prevent homelessness and promote independence. The services we currently provide cover Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset. Our services are usually for people who are at risk of losing their home or are in financial distress and include money advice, budgeting, debt advice, advocacy and tenancy sustainment. We also provide services to reduce re-offending in Devon.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, SOMERSET, WILTSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, DEVON, DORSET, CORNWALL WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, WHO ARE HOMELESS OR THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS.

Area of benefit: COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, SOMERSET, WILTSHIRE, HAMPSHIRE, DEVON, DORSET, CORNWALL

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £277,022, meeting the stated policy target of three months' running expenses plus redundancy costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £19,760 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £296,782 to £277,022.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Four Fifty Partnership. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Members — “Homemaker Southwest is kindly funded by: Members of :” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola Hallchair
• Amy-Louise Swayne
• Judith Froom
• Paul Forsyth · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD CRESSWELL
• Richard Wynne Ball

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

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