HOMELESS ACTION RESOURCE PROJECT
Registered charity 1098126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARP
HARP's mission is to end homelessness in Southend. We provide a range of emergency and longer term supported housing alongside training, support and motivational activities. Through our advocacy and advice we prevent homelessness for those at risk of becoming so, and we address the root causes for those who are already homeless, thereby helping local people overcome homelessness for good.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £2,500,000 at the year end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations 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 BDO UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HARP (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- TIERNEY, Joanne — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
- CLARK, Ann — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
- MARTIN, Ian James — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
- MCDONALD, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/06/2024on trustee list
- BROWN, Alexander Michael — director, appointed 24/06/2024on trustee list
- RAFFAN, Michael Ian — director, appointed 13/12/2021on trustee list
- NEVIN, Michael Eric — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
- CAMPBELL, Iain — director, appointed 04/04/2016on trustee list
- FELTON, Lilias — director, appointed 03/06/2003on trustee list
- THORN, Peter Nigel — director, appointed 18/10/2002on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
24 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (17 freehold); recorded price paid £4.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Homeless Action Resource Project — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 18/11/2013.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£490k
Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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: 4.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michael Raffanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Alexander Brown
- Ann Clark
- Helen McDonald
- Iain Campbell
- Ian Martin
- Joanne Tierney
- LILIAS DAVIDSON FELTON
- Michael Eric Nevin
- PETER NIGEL THORN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Southend-on-sea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOMELESS ACTION RESOURCE PROJECT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £2,500,000 at the year end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO UK LLP.
Who funds HOMELESS ACTION RESOURCE PROJECT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOMELESS ACTION RESOURCE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST.
Known funders
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