EMMAUS STAFFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1171570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMAUS NORTH STAFFS, EMMAUS POTTERIES

PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND WORK TO PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS PEOPLE.SOCIAL FURNITURE SCHEMERECYCLING FACILITIES

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE EMMAUS MOVEMENT AS PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY EMMAUS UK, TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION, FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME (THE BENEFICIARIES).2) THE REHABILITATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS APPROPRIATE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING) AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND SATISFACTION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEREBY DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND DIGNITY THROUGH HAVING A SELF-SUPPORTING LIFE.3) THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES AND EMMAUS GROUPS OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS MOVEMENT PROJECTS WORLDWIDE.4) THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL 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: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£560k
Latest spending
£575k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity experienced a net expenditure of £15,175 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £138,653 to £123,478. The trustees report that the charity operates in a financially stable way with free reserves of £95,714, which exceeds their stated policy target of £75,000. The charity is reliant on volunteers and has secured additional funding for specific projects to support its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £75,000 (held: £96k)
“the board agreed a target of £75,000 in free reserves” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Ecostore (Staffordshire) Ltd
“The investment represents 100% of the ordinary share capital of Ecostore (Staffordshire) Ltd, a dormant company” — page 26
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.

Corporate structure

ECOSTORE (STAFFORDSHIRE) LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant and entitled to exemption under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emmaus North Staffs (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£560k
Total spending
£575k
Cost of raising funds
£395k
Reserves (reported)
£75k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 70.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£560k£575k
30/06/2024£508k£546k
30/06/2023£541k£525k
30/06/2022£417k£480k
30/06/2021£378k£364k

Common questions

Is EMMAUS STAFFORDSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity experienced a net expenditure of £15,175 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £138,653 to £123,478. The trustees report that the charity operates in a financially stable way with free reserves of £95,714, which exceeds their stated policy target of £75,000. The charity is reliant on volunteers and has secured additional funding for specific projects to support its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2024£349kHelping to tackle furniture poverty
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kVital Volunteers The Emmaus Way
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kEmmaus NS Upcycling Employment Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£10kEmmaus Volunteering Matters
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£88kSupporting those in need the Emmaus Way
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2019£14kCobridge Barracks - building survey
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£10kEmmaus Volunteers

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EMMAUS BOLTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EMMAUS STAFFORDSHIRE£560k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS BOLTON FY2025£981k—0below—no doubt
EMMAUS GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS SHEFFIELD FY2025£659k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS DOVER LTD FY2025£774k—0unclear—no doubt
EMMAUS BRISTOL FY2025£788k—0below—no doubt

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