Room at the Inn

Registered charity 1176629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROOM AT THE INN AND THE 'Y' PROJECT, ROOM AT THE INN AND THE Y PROJECT

To relieve the needs of people who are homeless, in threat of homelessness or otherwise marginalised in Warrington for the public benefit by providing emergency accommodation, daytime services and information, support and activities to enable them to lead more settled lives.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, IN THREAT OF HOMELESSNESS OR OTHERWISE MARGINALISED IN WARRINGTON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, DAYTIME SERVICES AND INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO LEAD MORE SETTLED LIVES.WE DEFINE OTHERWISE MARGINALISED AS INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE A RESIDENCE WHO HAVE NO SUPPORT NETWORK, LACK IN CONFIDENCE OR OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT ACCESS SERVICES UNSUPPORTED. THIS INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, ALCOHOL ISSUES, CARE LEAVERS AND REFUGEES.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £157,046 are below the trustees' stated policy target of four months' typical expenditure, as closing reserves were £179,577 against a target implied by the funding structure. The charity is largely funded by Warrington Borough Council, with other services dependent on public donations, though the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Voisey & Co LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 02/02/2024, 94 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Room at the Inn (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ameritz Music — “Website supported by Ameritz Music.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (66% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Duckworthchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Grundy
• Claire Calland
• Debbie Knowles
• Louise Higginson
• Lynne Griffith
• dr Rachel Blake
• rev PAMELA LOVATT N/a

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROOM TO REWARD.

• ROOM TO REWARD income £142k
• MULTI-RACIAL TRUST income £38k
• WARRINGTON MENCAP income £915k
• FIRMFOUNDATION income £468k
• WARMING UP THE HOMELESS income £542k
• THE HARTON TOWN TRUST income £38k

Side by side with its peers

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