LIFT PEOPLE

Registered charity 1121266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENT HOMELESS USER GROUP (B.HUG)

Lift is a user led organisation which vision is of a society where all people have a decent home, a worthwhile job and are empowered and valued members of their communities. We work to achieve this vision by working with our service users to create enterprising, hig quality and collaborative housing and employment solutions.

Objects

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP AND POVERTY OF HOMELESS AND SOCIALLY ANDECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE NATIONALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH A FOCUSON THOSE IN LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, SKILLS AND TRAININGOF SUCH PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: UK

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Merged into CRISIS UK (charity 1082947) — merger registered 06/05/2016.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£571k
Latest spending
£610k
Registered
2007

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2015

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £171,240 — contracts £163,340, grants £7,900; 30% of the £571,322 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2014

  • Volunteers: 120

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2013

  • Volunteers: 25

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2015)

Total income
£571k
Total spending
£601k
Reserves (reported)
£148k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Register events

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2017——
31/03/2016——
31/03/2015£571k£610k
31/03/2014£623k£584k
31/03/2013£505k£473k