TREASURES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1131292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TREASURES OUT OF DARKNESS FOUNDATION

Treasures Foundation offers supported housing for women who have recently been released from prison, rehab or other community sources. The women we assist are recovering from addiction. We support the women through regular group and one to one work which covers practical support and signposting to other services. We provide an intensive day program and we offer out reach and move on support.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF, REHABILITATION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PRISONERS, FORMER PRISONERS AND OTHER OFFENDERS;(B) THE PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND(C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, SERVICES, OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO FEMALE FORMER PRISONERS AND OFFENDERS WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OR IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR NEED. PROVIDED THAT THE OBJECT SHALL BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £68,304 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £551,577 and expenditure of £483,273. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £170,664, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £120,000 to £130,000 (three to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06937026 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Treasures Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• LYDON, Michaela — director, appointed 18/07/2025on trustee list
• JONES, Mechelle Fiona — director, appointed 06/05/2022on trustee list
• WILKS, Verna — director, appointed 16/04/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £103k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 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 (57% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Verna Wilkschair
• Aleisha Latouche
• Mechelle Fiona Jones
• Michaela Lydon
• Pamela Roberts

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CORNWALL REFUGE TRUST.

• CORNWALL REFUGE TRUST income £766k
• WHAG income £3.7m
• THE WOMEN & FAMILIES RESOURCE CENTRE income £85k
• HEBRON TRUST income £546k
• WOMEN'S AID IN LUTON income £1.1m
• FUTURES FOR WOMEN income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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