CANAAN TRUST

Registered charity 1105657 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ASPIRE TRUST

Provide safe, secure supported accommodation for homeless males aged 18 and over. The Trust, founded in 1995 is committed to inclusion & operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The provision of accommodation is the visible tip of the comprehensive support service provided to those, regardless of gender, who are homeless, threatened with becoming homeless, or in need from across our communities.

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 were £1,627,893, with £179,420 held as undesignated unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm this amount complies with their policy to cover three months of running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Canaan Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £385k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~32.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Stacey
• Helen Henshaw
• Susan Bradley · trustee of 2 other charities
• TREVOR JONES
• Timothy Broad
• Trish Eaton

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).