SIMON ON THE STREETS

Registered charity 1165317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objectives are to:1) prevent and relieve hardship and need and distress amongst those who are homeless and rootless by the provision of practical and emotional support, in particular but not exclusively to those who are sleeping rough or who are unwilling or unable to accept existing provision;2) educate the public concerning the problems of social isolation and homelessness.

Objects

1) TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND NEED AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND ROOTLESS BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO THOSE WHO ARE SLEEPING ROUGH, OR WHO ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ACCEPT EXISTING PROVISION.2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND HOMELESSNESS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£441k

Latest spending

£542k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £101,023 for the year, driven by inflationary pressures and higher staffing costs. Despite this deficit, unrestricted cash balances stood at £153,319 at year end, and the trustees maintain that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% of income)

“Donations and legacies continue to be our most significant source of income, accounting for 68% of total income at £298,153.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to twelve months of the anticipated unrestricted costs (reserves figure: £169k)

“The Trustees believe the appropriate Cash Reserve is an amount equal to six to twelve months of the anticipated unrestricted costs to the run the charity” — page 9

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.

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £67,540 — grants £67,540 (1); 15% of the £440,813 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £66,000 — grants £66,000 (1); 15% of the £447,745 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £63,951 — grants £63,951 (1); 14% of the £446,131 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Simon On The Streets (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Wright
David Harrop
Leo Jones-Rowe
Lynne Liddle
Richard Michie

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£441k	£542k
31/12/2024	£448k	£492k
31/12/2023	£446k	£411k
31/12/2022	£464k	£432k
31/12/2021	£407k	£470k

Common questions

Is SIMON ON THE STREETS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £101,023 for the year, driven by inflationary pressures and higher staffing costs. Despite this deficit, unrestricted cash balances stood at £153,319 at year end, and the trustees maintain that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SIMON ON THE STREETS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SIMON ON THE STREETS as a grant recipient include The Keith Howard Foundation, LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, PARK LANE FOUNDATION, CEO SLEEPOUT, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Keith Howard Foundation	FY2021	£120k
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£29k	Large Grant
PARK LANE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k	Donations to support projects in furtherance of its charitable objectives
CEO SLEEPOUT	FY2024	£10k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
MOORTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2021	£200	Working on the streets to support the homeless and vulnerable
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£14

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/10/2019	£15k	Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
UK government	29/10/2019	£29k	Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness

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
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£54k
EUROPEAN UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM	1	£14k
THE RICHARD KIRKMAN TRUST	1	£14k
THE HIPPODROME CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k
THE LIMBOURNE TRUST	1	£8k
THE HARLOW HEALTH CENTRES TRUST LIMITED	1	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SIMON COMMUNITY.

THE SIMON COMMUNITY income £138k
STREETS2HOMES income £332k
STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED income £115k
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
THE SIR SIMON MILTON FOUNDATION income £102k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SIMON ON THE STREETS	£441k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIMON COMMUNITY FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STREETS2HOMES FY2025	£332k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED FY2025	£115k	—	below	—	no doubt
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIR SIMON MILTON FOUNDATION FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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