NORTH WORCESTERSHIRE BASEMENT PROJECTS LTD

Registered charity 1106209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROMSGROVE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS FORUM

The Basement Project is a Worcestershire charity which supports young people aged 25 and under; in securing and sustaining accommodation; who are in crisis, homeless, or at risk of homelessness & in resolving the many contributing factors such as finances, relationships & mediation, physical and mental health, access to employment, education and training.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN WORCESTERSHIRE BY:A) ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY HOMELESS, ACTUALLY HOMELESS AND/OR UNEMPLOYED AND/OR LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE LEAVERS IN COMPETING EFFECTIVELY IN THE LABOUR MARKET;B) PROVIDING CLEAR AND ADEQUATE INFORMATION/RESOURCES TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY HOMELESS, ACTUALLY HOMELESS AND/OR UNEMPLOYED AND/OR LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE LEAVERS SO THEY ARE FULLY INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ETC; ANDC) ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY HOMELESS, ACTUALLY HOMELESS AND/OR UNEMPLOYED AND/OR LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE LEAVERS TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES

Area of benefit: BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bromsgrove, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £10,069 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £464,517 and total expenditure of £454,448. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £281,411, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of maintaining six months of operating costs. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan William Deakin
• Andrew John Hudson
• Andrew Stephen Gwillam
• Claire Pennell
• Eve Mathews
• James Henry Morris
• Katherine Squires
• Pippa Trueman
• Richard Hood
• Samantha Louise Preece
• Susan Hindle-Smith
• Thomas James Lowe

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BASEMENT YOUTH TRUST GROUP, ROSS-ON-WYE.

• THE BASEMENT YOUTH TRUST GROUP, ROSS-ON-WYE income £34k
• THE WINCHESTER PROJECT income £1.2m
• THE BASEMENT DOOR income £55k
• BARDSLEY YOUTH PROJECT income £162k
• BASECAMP ADVENTURE TRUST income £245k
• THE NEST PROJECT income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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