SHELTER FROM THE STORM

Registered charity 1125575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of shelter, food, advice, counselling and other forms of charitable support to those who are homeless or otherwise socially and economically disadvantaged.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR OTHERWISE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, ADVICE. COUNSELLING AND OTHER CHARITABLE FORMS OF SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

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

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £108,534 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,538,759 to £1,430,225. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong net asset position with a healthy cash balance of £447,291 and considers unrestricted free reserves of £309,917 to be within its stated policy target of 6-8 months' operational costs. The trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shelter From The Storm (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £740k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Drewerychair
• Claude Papy Umuhire
• Dominic Gray
• Jonathan Guy Brownlow
• Karen Barke
• Katie Laura Edkins
• Sarah Kong

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHELTER COMMUNITY.

• SHELTER COMMUNITY income £132k
• STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED income £115k
• STREETS2HOMES income £332k
• CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS income £425k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• WARMING UP THE HOMELESS income £542k

Side by side with its peers

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