HAVEN HOUSE PROJECT

Registered charity 1096964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a unique service in Sheffield working with families affected by domestic abuse. We offer 1-1 therapeutic work, and a range of group work interventions.

Objects

The Objects of the Charity (‘the Objects’) are to prevent and relieve the distress and suffering experienced by children, adults, and/or their carers who have been gravely or persistently maltreated by their partners, other family members or other persons know to them independently, and in association with local authorities, voluntary organisations and other organisations, this relief shall be provided in any manner that is now or may hereafter be deemed by law to be charitable within the City of Sheffield and across the United Kingdom

Area of benefit: SOUTH YORKSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,086,666, which is below the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reports a net income deficit of £162,000 for the year, noting that this was due to increased costs and a decrease in donations. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Samuel Yeates. Discloses 3 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Haven House Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clair Heaviside
• Hannah Cowan
• Katie Grayson-Purdy
• Paul Massey
• Simon Gladding
• Tracy Michelle Elliott

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Staffordshire Pathway Project.

• Staffordshire Pathway Project income £1.2m
• TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• Safe Steps income £1.7m
• THE FAMILY HAVEN income £268k
• BLACKBURN AND DARWEN DISTRICT WITHOUT ABUSE LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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