MAIDSTONE CHURCHES WINTER SHELTER

Registered charity 1156735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCWS

To provide a Winter Shelter for the homeless in Maidstone. This includes a hot meal and a social evening provided by a host of volunteers; a bed for the night and breakfast in the morning. During their stay, the Guest can obtain advice and help to find permanent housing, making contact with family members and assistance with other inter agency facilities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AMONG PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE, KENT WHO ARE HOMELESS, SLEEPING ROUGH OR OTHERWISE ROOFLESS BY: (1)PROVIDING HOSPITALITY AND OVERNIGHT SHELTER FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE WINTER MONTHS. (2)ENGAGING MEMBERS OF CHURCHES IN MAIDSTONE AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN BUILDING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MAIDSTONE, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RELIGION. (3)SUPPORTING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO FIND LONG- TERM ACCOMMODATION. (4)UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER PURPOSES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £1,499 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total income of £102,671 and total expenditure of £101,172. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient reserves to cover the upcoming winter period, with unrestricted reserves carried forward totaling £77,747.

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.

Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Ashworth Charitable Trust — “The Ashworth Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Calypso Browning Trust — “The Calypso Browning Trust” (source page)
• J & C Findlay Charitable Foundation — “J & C Findlay Charitable Foundation” (source page)
• Bennett Pain Charitable Trust — “Bennett Pain Charitable Trust” (source page)
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, MID KENT — “THE ARTS SOCIETY, MID KENT” (source page)
• THE WORLEY DAY TRUST — “THE WORLEY DAY TRUST” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• GORDON MICHAEL MACKLEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chris Hutchinson
• Glen David Amos
• REV CANON JOHN TAPPER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Richard Williams
• Zofia Grzymala · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Maidstone Homeless Care.

• Maidstone Homeless Care income £215k
• MAIDSTONE COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE income £386k
• KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS income £1.2m
• WINTERCOMFORT FOR THE HOMELESS income £1.2m
• HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £79k
• CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS income £425k

Side by side with its peers

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