THE HOWARTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1171635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Howarths Foundation

The prevention or relief of poverty in respect of individuals who are, or who have recently been, homeless in the districts of Leeds and Kirklees, by actively sourcing employers willing to offer employment and by providing those individuals with support and guidance, as to be determined by the Trustees, to successfully obtain such employment

Objects

The prevention or relief of poverty in respect of individuals who are, who have recently been, or are at risk of being, homeless in the districts of Leeds and Kirklees, by: i) providing those individuals with support and guidance as to be defined by the Trustees, to help make them ready for work and to assist in their successfully obtaining employment, training and/or work experience and, ii) by actively sourcing employers willing to offer employment to those individuals supported by the charity.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £9,096 for the year, with total income of £144,966 against expenditure of £135,870. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £22,991, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three to six months of expenditure in the event of a funding drop. The charity relies heavily on a single major donor, Howarths HR & Employment Law Limited, which contributed £59,350 in donations and provided rent-free office space valued at £4,200.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Howarth Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Theresa Kent
• Charlotte Marie GEESIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• GAVIN JAMES ANDREW Howarth
• Jeremy Peter Garside · trustee of 1 other charity
• Scott James Leather
• Tracey Naylor

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees · Leeds City

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• THE ZACCHAEUS 2000 TRUST income £1.0m
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• HOMELESS PEOPLE AND THE OXFORD CHURCHES(GATEHOUSE) income £429k

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