HOSTNATION
Registered charity 1180004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Bespoke 1:1 befriending service for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £7,735 and unrestricted cash reserves of £95,565, which exceeds the trustees' agreed minimum policy target of £30,000. However, the trustees note significant challenges in securing future funding, as several major grants have ended and competition for new grants is intense, placing the 'insufficient resources' risk on amber.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (80% of income)
“Grants accounted for 80% of total income for the year”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £96k)
“Our trustees agreed to minimum cash reserves of £30,000, which covers three months’ predicted running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“we did not succeed in bringing in the major new grants or major donors we need to secure our longer-term future.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Godfrey Wilson Limited provided payroll services to the charity.
“Godfrey Wilson Limited also provided payroll services to the charity. I confirm that as a member of the ICAEW I am subject to the FRC’s Revised Ethical Standard 2016, which I have applied with respect to this engagement.”
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 — HostNation (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Anni Heinrich
- Aoise Keogan-Nooshabadi
- Daniel Silverstone
- Dostyar Dost
- Gulsom Gohar
- Lucy Vidal
- Olivia Alice Petie
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOSTNATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £7,735 and unrestricted cash reserves of £95,565, which exceeds the trustees' agreed minimum policy target of £30,000. However, the trustees note significant challenges in securing future funding, as several major grants have ended and competition for new grants is intense, placing the 'insufficient resources' risk on amber. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HOSTNATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOSTNATION as a grant recipient include THE MILA CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE VANNECK CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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