THE STOREHOUSE PROJECT

Registered charity 1177004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Storehouse Project is a registered charity now in its 15th year. At the heart of the Storehouse is our Christian values and this underpins all the work we carry out. We currently provide furniture, household items, food, toiletries and clothing to those most in need in our local area. We provide mentoring, pastoral support and much more.

Objects

“The prevention or relief of poverty in the North West of England by providing items such as clothes, furniture and food to individuals in need and/or charities, or others working to prevent or relieve poverty. The relief of financial hardship among people in the North West of England by providing such persons with goods which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means and by recycling and providing furniture, clothes and other household items.To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people in the North West of England from being socially excluded, by relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded because of age, special educational needs, poor educational or skills attainment, relationship and family breakdown, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or poor housing and assisting them to integrate into society.”

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £113,218, up from £85,685 in the previous year, driven by a net income of £27,533. The charity reports no material matters coming to the examiner's attention and confirms adequate accounting records were kept.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Storehouse Project 1177004 (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NOLAN GEORGE BRADSHAWchair
• APRIL DAVIES
• Christopher Porter
• Geertje Soulsby
• JANE MILLER
• Julie Smith

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

Operates in: Lancashire · St Helens · Wigan

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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