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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: Minimal reserves are maintained with funds used promptly.
Minimal reserves are maintained with funds used promptly. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£49k£19k
31/05/2024£23k£18k
31/05/2023£24k£20k
31/05/2022£22k£19k
31/05/2021£18k£16k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF ESSEX & LONDON HOMELESS financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF ESSEX & LONDON HOMELESS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF ESSEX & LONDON HOMELESS as a grant recipient include SSP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k