DENS LIMITED
Registered charity 1097185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DENS
DENS is on the frontline, tackling homelessness and poverty in Dacorum, by giving people the chance to build a better future. DENS provides a number of services: The Elms Hostel, short term accommodation; DENS Day Centre, advice and a daytime haven; DENS Rent Aid, a guarantee and support scheme with private landlords; DENS Dacorum Foodbank, emergency food.
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 the charity recorded a surplus of £62,097 for the year, with total reserves standing at £1,072,942. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £771,380 are above the stated policy target of three months' essential expenditure (£520,127). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by SKS Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — DENS - Helping rebuild lives (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)
Cost of raising funds
£367k
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (38% 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: 14.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Carolyn Barkin
- Claire Elizabeth Reynolds
- ERIC PILLINGER · trustee of 1 other charity
- IAN TOTTMAN
- Ian Stelfox
- Katharine Lesley Jacalyn Alaway
- Margaret Griffiths · trustee of 4 other charities
- Nigel Howard Thompson
- Paul Andrew Smart
- ROBERT ANGEL WAKELY
- Richard Paynter
- Roya Oskoui
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DENS LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £62,097 for the year, with total reserves standing at £1,072,942. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £771,380 are above the stated policy target of three months' essential expenditure (£520,127). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SKS Audit LLP.
Who funds DENS LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DENS LIMITED as a grant recipient include SSP FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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