CEO SLEEPOUT

Registered charity 1154963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve homelessness and other forms of poverty by funding and creating projects to improve the life skills and opportunities of those who are marginalised. Our funds are raised by executives at our events who sleep outdoors for one night to raise sponsorship from their business contacts and friends. These events are nationwide.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£674k

Latest spending

£784k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £109,540 for the period, with unrestricted reserves falling to £278,917. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be prudent and sufficient to continue operations, noting that the charity holds the equivalent of six months' operating costs in line with its policy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £65,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The following received emoluments (based on full year equivalent) in excess of £60,000. £60,000 - £65,000 1” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The following received emoluments (based on full year equivalent) in excess of £60,000. £60,000 - £65,000 1” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months’ operating costs (held: £279k)

“Our reserves policy is to hold the equivalent of six months’ operating costs to safeguard continuity of charitable activities.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity receives admin support from an employee of Green Lane Capital Limited, a company of which a trustee, A Preston, is a director. No charge is made to the charity for this time. The estimated cost of the time is included as a donation in kind.

“The charity receives admin support from an employee of Green Lane Capital Limited, a company of which a trustee, A Preston, is a director. No charge is made to the charity for this time. The estimated cost of the time is included as a donation in kind.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CEO Sleepout (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£674k

Total spending

£784k

Reserves (reported)

£279k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Abu Ali
MR ANDY PRESTON
NIKLAS FRANCIS TUNLEY

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£674k	£784k
31/03/2024	£768k	£630k
31/03/2023	£599k	£497k
31/03/2022	£440k	£350k
31/03/2021	£140k	£155k

Common questions

Is CEO SLEEPOUT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £109,540 for the period, with unrestricted reserves falling to £278,917. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be prudent and sufficient to continue operations, noting that the charity holds the equivalent of six months' operating costs in line with its policy. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CEO SLEEPOUT earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £65,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ARCHER TRUST	2	£11k
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£225k
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST	1	£90k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£88k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£77k
ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND BLOOMSBURY UNITED CHARITY	1	£56k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£32k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SLEEPSAFE SELBY.

SLEEPSAFE SELBY income £102k
PAPER CUP PROJECT income £143k
CENTREPOINT OUTREACH income £224k
HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £137k
C4WS HOMELESS PROJECT income £368k
NIGHTSAFE LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CEO SLEEPOUT	£674k	£60,000 - £65,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SLEEPSAFE SELBY FY2024	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAPER CUP PROJECT FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTREPOINT OUTREACH FY2025	£224k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH FY2024	£137k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
C4WS HOMELESS PROJECT FY2026	£368k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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