HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP
Registered charity 1133145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Undertaking outreach and resident engagement in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, identifying and empowering people with support needs including those who are vulnerable and disengaged. Referral of clients to social welfare services and the provision follow up support to ensure that referrals are resolvedProviding information, advice, guidance, support and advocacy to clients .
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a total unrestricted funds surplus of £61,174 and carried forward unrestricted reserves of £75,977. Per the trustees' report, the current reserves policy is to maintain free reserves of at least one month’s average expenditure, up to a maximum of £100,000. The unrestricted reserves of £75,977 are below the stated maximum policy target of £100,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £76k; policy: at least one month’s average expenditure, up to a maximum of £100,000)
“The current reserves policy, approved by the Trustees, is to build up and maintain free reserves of at least one month’s average expenditure, up to a maximum of £100,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee is a director of London Capital Credit Union, which provides a salary savings scheme to the charity.
“Help on Your Doorstep provides a salary savings scheme through London Capital Credit Union, of which one trustee is a director.” — page 29
“One trustee is a board member of Islington GP Federation with whom Help on Your Doorstep has a contracting relationship for the Social Prescribing Link Worker service.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee is a board member of Islington GP Federation, with whom the charity has a contracting relationship for Social Prescribing.
“Help on Your Doorstep provides a salary savings scheme through London Capital Credit Union, of which one trustee is a director.” — page 29
“One trustee is a board member of Islington GP Federation with whom Help on Your Doorstep has a contracting relationship for the Social Prescribing Link Worker service.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee is a board member of Octopus Community Networks, who contributed funds to cost of living events.
“Help on Your Doorstep provides a salary savings scheme through London Capital Credit Union, of which one trustee is a director.” — page 29
“One trustee is a board member of Islington GP Federation with whom Help on Your Doorstep has a contracting relationship for the Social Prescribing Link Worker service.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£375
Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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 (87% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- DONALD JAMES KEHOEchair
- COLIN ADAMS
- Dr Lynda Djabella
- Nicola Steuer
- SORREL BROOKES
- Tom Ferrie
- Vittoria Morgan
- Yasin Ahmed
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Islington
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a total unrestricted funds surplus of £61,174 and carried forward unrestricted reserves of £75,977. Per the trustees' report, the current reserves policy is to maintain free reserves of at least one month’s average expenditure, up to a maximum of £100,000. The unrestricted reserves of £75,977 are below the stated maximum policy target of £100,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
Who funds HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP as a grant recipient include CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION, CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, THE HORNERS CHARITY FUND.
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