AMAT UK

Registered charity 1111057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMAT, ASHDOWN MEDWAY ACCOMMODATION TRUST

The provision of temporary and permanent accommodation for those in need there of and by such other forms of charitable assistance as the Trustees in their absolute discretion see fit.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £7k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £4.36m and total expenditure of £4.35m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £479k, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £335k for four weeks of operating costs, though the trustees note this level has been achieved and aim for three months' costs in the long term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Homeless Link — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Kent Community Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Arts Council of England — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• People’s Postcode Trust — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Clothworkers’ Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Edward Gostling Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• Nationwide Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• B&Q — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• One-Stop — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• L & Q Foundation — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)
• CAF Resilience Fund — “We are particularly grateful to the following funders who have supported our work since 2014: Homeless Link, The National Lottery Community …” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BLOOMFIELD
• EMMA PATERSON
• GEORGE CROZER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ibiyinka Macaulay
• Jonathan Roger Clay
• Kirstine Epps
• Scott Phipps
• Stuart Welch

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ANANDA MARGA UNIVERSAL RELIEF TEAM (AMURT) UK.

• ANANDA MARGA UNIVERSAL RELIEF TEAM (AMURT) UK income £228k
• THE JAMES CHARITIES income £519k
• NAZARETH CARE CHARITABLE TRUST income £43.3m
• DOORSTEP income £148k
• MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT income £1.1m
• AMT FOUNDATION LIMITED income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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