UnityMK

Registered charity 1149480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINTER NIGHT SHELTER MILTON KEYNES

We relieve poverty, distress and homelessness in Milton Keynes and the surrounding area by providing temporary accommodation and meals to the homeless during the coldest months of the year through a network of churches and community centres staffed by volunteers, and also welfare support, access to advice and services, help to move into longer-term accommodation and help to find work.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £104,157, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three to five months of operating costs. However, the trustees are confident that unrestricted reserves will return to required levels following the completion of the Phase 1 building works.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08232340

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UnityMK (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.

• BLANDFORD, Philip Edward — director, appointed 16/07/2026on trustee list
• EASTON, Laura — director, appointed 27/07/2025on trustee list
• LIGHTFOOT, Peter — director, appointed 23/01/2025on trustee list
• MORRIS, David John — director, appointed 18/04/2024on trustee list
• DESBOROUGH, Emily Joy — director, appointed 24/09/2021on trustee list
• WIGHTMAN, Richard Eric — director, appointed 27/09/2012on trustee list
• KANE, Damian — secretary, appointed 22/07/2026

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~27.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% 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: 5.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD WIGHTMANchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Damian Kane
• David John Morris
• Emily Desborough
• Laura Easton
• Peter Lightfoot
• Philip Blandford

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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