QUEEN'S HALL ACTION ON POVERTY

Registered charity 1153055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOME FROM HOME; THE BRICK

The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.

Objects

The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.

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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £111,094 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £699,007. However, the trustees note that free reserves were negative at £(1,160,205) when including mortgage liabilities, though unrestricted funds stood at £529,007. The trustees consider adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, supported by sufficient cash reserves to meet loan repayments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barlow Andrews LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Brick (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £340k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 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 (81% 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 — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Wood
• Dr Paul Plant
• Jean Groves · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Churchward
• Karen Hazlehurst
• Kate Forrester
• Martin Ainscough CBE DL
• Michael Scarisbrick
• Neil Whittingham
• Stuart Entwhistle

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Wigan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOMELESS SUPPORT PROJECT.

• HOMELESS SUPPORT PROJECT income £251k
• LEIGH CARING KITCHEN income £730k
• HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m
• WIGAN DEANERY TRUST income £571k
• WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £275k
• KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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