FRIENDS OF ESSEX & LONDON HOMELESS

Registered charity 1178366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We set this charity up to help homeless, vulnerable and people living in poverty in Essex and London by distributing foods, drinks,clothes,toiletries and sleeping bags and we do this by operating 2 soup kitchens weekly and also if anyone needing our help is bought to our attention

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PERSONS AND ROUGH SLEEPERS WHO BECAUSE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE ASSISTANCE BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £49,432 in receipts and incurred £19,131 in payments, resulting in a net surplus of £30,301 for the year. The trustees report that minimal reserves are maintained with funds used promptly, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters required attention. The charity is entirely volunteer-led with no paid staff.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Essex & London Homeless (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEVEN ANDREW STUARTchair
• DONNA SUZANNE BRIDGES
• DOROTHY MARGARET STUART

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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