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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

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)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£375
Reserves (reported)
£64k
Employees
20

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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2024£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2023£975k£1.0m
31/03/2022£956k£946k
31/03/2021£999k£924k

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£264kIslington Giving General Fund
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£156kMain Grants
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2023£83kStrategic Grant
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£60kIslington Giving Good Neighbour Scheme
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£55kIslington Giving Good Neighbour Scheme Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£55kConfronting social isolation
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kIslington Giving Food Fund
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£28kIslington Giving Good Neighbour Scheme
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£22kHealth and Welfare Grant (via Partners)
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2022£18kHealth and Welfare - Cloudesley Partners
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£17kIslington Giving Golden Grantmakers Grants
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2023£15kCloudesley Partners Grant
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£14kService empowering residents from deprived wards
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2025£11kCloudesley Partner Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2025£11kLarge Health Grant
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kSupporting Families
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2022£10kHealth and Welfare - Catalyst Programme
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2025£10kCatalyst Programme Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£10kHealth and Welfare Grant (via Catalyst)
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kIslington Giving Crisis Appeal Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£8kIslington Giving Carers Fund
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kIslington Giving Good Neighbour Scheme
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kMain Grants
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2022£3kHealth and Welfare - Development and Support Grants
THE HORNERS CHARITY FUNDFY2022£3kGeneral charitable purposes
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£500Islington Giving Make it Happen Fund Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£500Confronting social isolation
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£500Islington Giving Islington Make it Happen Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£500Islington Giving Islington Make it Happen Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£500Islington Giving Make It Happen
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£500Islington Giving Make it Happen Fund Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£500Islington Giving Make it Happen Fund Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£480Islington Giving Islington Make it Happen Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£200Islington Giving General Fund
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£0Strategic Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2022£391kConnecting for Change
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£420kConnecting for Change
The Mercers' Company04/07/2018£50kGrant to Help on Your Doorstep
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2011£328kEC1 and Finsbury Park Connect

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 DOORSTEP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP£1.1m——below—no doubt
DOORSTEP FY2025£148k—0above—no doubt
URBAN OUTREACH (BOLTON) FY2025£1.1m—0within—no doubt
ADAM OUTREACH PROJECT FY2025£558k—0below—no doubt
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FY2024£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUND FY2025£80k—0no_policy—no doubt

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