MUSEUM OF HOMELESSNESS

Registered charity 1164091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q104902896 · Wikipedia

Museum of Homelessness has been created by people with direct experience of homelessness to educate on homelessness and make social change. The museum is building the national collection for homelessness and carries out independent research and campaigning to fight injustice. The museum provides direct, practical support to people experiencing homelessness addiction and poverty.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH ON HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING ITS HISTORY, CAUSES AND IMPACT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM ON HOMELESSNESS;2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED IN ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, GRANTS AND ACCOMMODATION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £102,200 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £353,307 to £251,107. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £143,105, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of five months' operating costs (£152,916). The accounts were examined by an independent examiner who reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

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.

• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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 — Museum of Homelessness (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Aderonke Apata · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Ribunal
• Eva Somali Datta
• Hetty Tapper
• Jane Cook
• Rachael Minott
• Richard Sandell
• Sharon Heal
• Siobhan Forshaw

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSEUM OF BRANDS.

• MUSEUM OF BRANDS income £851k
• MIGRATION MUSEUM PROJECT income £1.8m
• THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM income £2.0m
• THE TOWCESTER MUSEUM income £36k
• STREETS2HOMES income £332k
• MUSEUM OF TIMEKEEPING income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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