SOMEWHERE ELSE

Registered charity 1166621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide advice and assistance to those excluded from society; network groups to the socially isolated and also advocacy and general support. We do this from our premises in Stockton-on-Tees which has been thoughtfully designed to provide a safe and therapeutic environment which can facilitate personal growth in our beneficiaries.

Objects

3. ObjectsTo promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society including, but not limited to, asylum seekers and refugees and their dependents, primarily in but not limited to Tees Valley and the surrounding area.For the purpose of this clause 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Latest income
£81k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £12,819 for the year ended 05 April 2025, with unrestricted bank and cash balances totaling £14,278. However, the trustees acknowledge that it has not yet been possible to establish an appropriate level of reserves, having previously faced funding constraints that raised the possibility of closure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“In May 2024, the Somewhere Else Trustees, chaired by Gill Martin, acknowledged the possibility of having to close the charity down, due to a funding constraint.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: J & N Franklin Trust provided new commitment of funding.
“A new commitment of funding from J & N Franklin Trust together with new funding from The Stockton Project for 2 years” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£81k£68k
05/04/2024£46k£52k
05/04/2023£51k£58k
05/04/2022£14k£18k
05/04/2021£21k£18k

Common questions

Is SOMEWHERE ELSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £12,819 for the year ended 05 April 2025, with unrestricted bank and cash balances totaling £14,278. However, the trustees acknowledge that it has not yet been possible to establish an appropriate level of reserves, having previously faced funding constraints that raised the possibility of closure.

Who funds SOMEWHERE ELSE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOMEWHERE ELSE as a grant recipient include Jill and Norman Franklin Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2026£40kRefugees
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2024£40kRefugees
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2023£33kWomens Aid
Jill and Norman Franklin TrustFY2025£30kRefugees

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2026£20kIntegrating communities
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2024£20kCommunity Integration
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2021£9kWonderful women