HOMELESS SUPPORT PROJECT

Registered charity 1169351 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HSP Helping to Support People in need, HSP Leigh

The prevention or relief of poverty in the Wigan and Leigh area, in particular but not exclusively, by the provision of support, food and shelter to people who are homeless or individuals in need.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE WIGAN AND LEIGH AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FOOD AND SHELTER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wigan, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £14,275 for the year, with total income rising to £250,948. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £55,410, which the trustees note is comfortably above their three-month policy target. The accounts state the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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 4 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
• 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
• 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Shortchair
• John Manning
• Neil Keith Taylor
• PAUL BIBBY
• Shahed Hayatt
• Yoko Warburton

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Manchester City · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 HOMELESS IN TEIGNBRIDGE SUPPORT.

• HOMELESS IN TEIGNBRIDGE SUPPORT income £88k
• HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER income £289k
• WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £275k
• HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m
• GREENWICH HOMELESS PROJECT income £202k
• WHAG income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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