THE BOAZ TRUST

Registered charity 1110344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Boaz Trust serves destitute asylum seekers and refugees in Greater Manchester by providing accommodation and holistic support.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£934k
Latest spending
£885k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,220, representing a favourable movement compared to the prior year. General unrestricted reserves stood at £132,500, which met the trustees' policy target of the higher of the Risk Contingency amount or three months' running costs. The trustees report that careful management has stabilized the financial position and provided a solid foundation for continued service delivery.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: the higher of the Risk Contingency amount or three months’ running costs (held: £133k)
For 2024–25, the General Reserves Target was set as the higher of the Risk Contingency amount or three months’ running costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£934k
Total spending
£885k
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reserves (reported)
£449k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£934k£885k
31/03/2024£685k£770k
31/03/2023£631k£716k
31/03/2022£715k£690k
31/03/2021£902k£654k

Common questions

Is THE BOAZ TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,220, representing a favourable movement compared to the prior year. General unrestricted reserves stood at £132,500, which met the trustees' policy target of the higher of the Risk Contingency amount or three months' running costs. The trustees report that careful management has stabilized the financial position and provided a solid foundation for continued service delivery.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£171kClient Support Programme

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEES AT HOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BOAZ TRUST£934k0unclearno doubt
REFUGEES AT HOME FY2024£1.2maboveno doubt
THE BOOTH CENTRE FY2024£1.3mover £60,0001aboveno doubt
ASYLUM WELCOME FY2025£1.6mUnder £60,0000aboveno doubt
FAITH&VICTORY CHURCH FY2025£397k0unclearno doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2024£154k0unclearno doubt

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