SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD

Registered charity 1118746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides shared accommodation for single homeless people in the Salisbury Area. It operates shared accomodation for rent and works with the local authority to find people in need of this accommodation.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION PRIMARILY FOR YOUNG SINGLE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS;2. THE ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR SOCIAL INFIRMITY, ARE IN NEED OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND ANY OTHER FORM OF AID CONCERNING THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS;3. THE REDUCTION OF HOMELESSNESS BY INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.

Area of benefit: SALISBURY AND ITS ENVIRONS

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

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

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS (charity 801716) — merger registered 05/02/2008.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£406k
Latest spending
£333k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £72,568 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,161,486. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £92,211 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£88,660), and the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“It has established a policy whereby free reserves held by STFH should be a minimum of three months of expenditure which is to be held in either cash or intra group loans.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charges paid to parent company BCHA
“During the year Bournemouth Churches Housing Association Limited charged Salisbury Trust for the Homeless Ltd £17,325 (2024: £16,500), in respect of management charges” — page 23
“There was £13,203 owed by Salisbury Trust for the Homeless Ltd to BCHA at 31 March 2025 (2024: £23,677). This includes the management fees noted above and also expenses paid by BCHA on STFH’s behalf including broadband, some utilities and payroll.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed to group undertakings (BCHA) for expenses paid on behalf of STFH
“During the year Bournemouth Churches Housing Association Limited charged Salisbury Trust for the Homeless Ltd £17,325 (2024: £16,500), in respect of management charges” — page 23
“There was £13,203 owed by Salisbury Trust for the Homeless Ltd to BCHA at 31 March 2025 (2024: £23,677). This includes the management fees noted above and also expenses paid by BCHA on STFH’s behalf including broadband, some utilities and payroll.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Salisbury Trust for the Homeless (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £685k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£406k£333k
31/03/2024£330k£258k
31/03/2023£297k£261k
31/03/2022£276k£226k
31/03/2021£283k£219k

Common questions

Is SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £72,568 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,161,486. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £92,211 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£88,660), and the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF VERWOOD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST FRANCIS, SALISBURY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTSFY2022£1kSalisbury Trust for the Homeless (Special Collections)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF VERWOODFY2025£600Outreach donation Q2 and Q3
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF VERWOODFY2023£450Outreach donation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF VERWOODFY2022£390Q2 Outreach
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST FRANCIS, SALISBURYFY2021£275Home Missions, Church Societies and Organisations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTSFY2022£302021 Salisbury Trust for the Homeless (Special Collections)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTSFY2022£262022 Salisbury Trust for the Homeless (Special Collections)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF HARNHAM ST GEORGE AND ALL SAINTSFY2021£5Special Collections

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2008£132kWinding Way

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 HARROGATE HOMELESS PROJECT LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD£406k—0above—no doubt
HARROGATE HOMELESS PROJECT LTD FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HELP FOR HOMELESS FY2025£66k—0unclear—no doubt
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES FY2025£2.8m£80,000 to £90,0001above—no doubt
SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£566k—0above—no doubt
HOMELESS ACTION FY2025£3.8m£100,001 - £110,0001below—no doubt

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