Maidstone Homeless Care

Registered charity 1151412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOMELESS CARE

Day service for homeless and vulnerable people

Objects

TO HELP ALLEVIATE SUFFERING BY SUPPORTING HOMELESS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE WITH THE PROVISION OF DAY CENTRE FACILITIES, TEMPORARY /SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION AND/OR COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE SERVICES, AS APPROPRIATE TO COLLECTIVE/ INDIVIDUAL NEED; WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Maidstone, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £6 for the year, with total income of £215,257 and total expenditure of £215,263. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £212,378, with free reserves of £137,378, which the Trustees consider appropriate and consistent with their policy target of six to nine months of planned expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six to nine months of planned expenditure (reserves figure: £212k)
“The Trustees consider it prudent and appropriate to maintain free reserves within a target range of six to nine months of planned expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£215k£215k
31/05/2024£203k£204k
31/05/2023£200k£186k
31/05/2022£204k£202k
31/05/2021£208k£178k

Common questions

Is Maidstone Homeless Care financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £6 for the year, with total income of £215,257 and total expenditure of £215,263. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £212,378, with free reserves of £137,378, which the Trustees consider appropriate and consistent with their policy target of six to nine months of planned expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Maidstone Homeless Care?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Maidstone Homeless Care as a grant recipient include JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST, PCC St Mildred's and St Michael's Tenterden.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
PCC St Mildred's and St Michael's TenterdenFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/08/2025£50kMillionaire Street 2025 08w4

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 LANCASTER & DISTRICT HOMELESS ACTION SERVICE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Maidstone Homeless Care£215k—0unclear—no doubt
LANCASTER & DISTRICT HOMELESS ACTION SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£219k—0above—no doubt
HARROGATE HOMELESS PROJECT LTD FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
HOMELESS ACTION FY2025£3.8m£100,001 - £110,0001below—no doubt
CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS FY2025£425k—0unclear—no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024£310k—0unclear—no doubt

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