LEATHERHEAD START

Registered charity 1137054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEATHERHEAD NIGHT HOSTEL

LEATHERHEAD START IS A DIRECT ACCESS, SHORT STAY HOSTEL PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR THE SINGLE HOMELESS AND DAY TIME ACTIVITIES. IT HAS 9 SINGLE ROOMS AND 1 DOUBLE FOR A COUPLE. ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN TO CLAIM BENEFITS, SEEK TREATMENT FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND ADDRESS THE ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE LED PEOPLE TO OUR DOOR. WE AIM TO HELP PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE A PLANNED MOVE ON TO FURTHER ACCOMMODATION.

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Latest income
£337k
Latest spending
£406k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £68,260 for the year ended 31st March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £243,710, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for 12 months if public funding were reduced.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 12 months (held: £244k)
“Our intention therefore is to maintain sufficient readily accessible funds in reserve in order to allow Leatherhead Start to continue delivering services for homeless people for at least 12 months even if reductions in public funding became a serious problem.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 £310k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£337k£406k
31/03/2024£315k£386k
31/03/2023£291k£353k
31/03/2022£314k£329k
31/03/2021£297k£348k

Common questions

Is LEATHERHEAD START financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £68,260 for the year ended 31st March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £243,710, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for 12 months if public funding were reduced. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEATHERHEAD START?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEATHERHEAD START as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY,WESTCOTT,GUILDFORD, THE THREE OAKS TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ASHTEAD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MICKLEHAM.

Known funders

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