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OFF THE STREETS

Registered charity 1184331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty for the benefit of people who are homeless or rough sleepers in Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively, by providing short term accommodation and supporting and assisting those homeless persons who want to escape homelessness by providing signposting/advocacy and on-going support for up to 6 months to enable rough sleepers to move on.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£270k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £130,855, which is above the stated policy ceiling of £36,000. The charity reported a net income of £101,945 against total incoming resources of £270,314, resulting in a positive net movement in funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maximum of £36,000 (held: £131k)
“This is now set at a maximum of £36,000, the equivalent of 3 months running costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Off the Streets (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£512k
Total spending
£171k
Cost of raising funds
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£82k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£270k£168k
31/12/2023£512k£171k
31/12/2022£155k£99k
31/12/2021£140k£60k
31/12/2020£72k£36k

Common questions

Is OFF THE STREETS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £130,855, which is above the stated policy ceiling of £36,000. The charity reported a net income of £101,945 against total incoming resources of £270,314, resulting in a positive net movement in funds for the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of OFF THE STREETS earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds OFF THE STREETS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OFF THE STREETS as a grant recipient include FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUST, ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, ROSCA TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUSTFY2024£36kTowards a shelter for the homeless in Southend
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUSTFY2023£32kTowards a shelter for the homeless in Southend
FOWLER SMITH AND JONES TRUSTFY2025£23kTowards a shelter for the homeless in Southend
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUSTFY2025£8k
ROSCA TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£5kMount Fund
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£5kCharitable activities
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kRelief of Poverty
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2025£5kMount Fund - Homelessness
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£4kHomelessness
ROSCA TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2026£3kTowards a disabled access ramp at the shelter.
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE SANGHERA FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE HASLUCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kDisadvantaged
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£200
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£115
THE SANGHERA FOUNDATIONFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government24/05/2024£65kTransformation Fund
UK government01/04/2023£22kTransformation Fund
UK government01/04/2023£43kTransformation Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2021£9kOff the Streets
UK government01/04/2021£17kTransformation Fund
UK government22/09/2020£26kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS2£40k
STREETS OF LONDON2£30k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST2£12k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£63k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£58k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£50k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST1£38k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STREETS2HOMES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OFF THE STREETS£270kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
STREETS2HOMES FY2025£332k—0unclear—no doubt
STREETS OF LONDON FY2025£482k—0unclear—no doubt
HOMELESS ACTION FY2025£3.8m£100,001 - £110,0001below—no doubt
OFF THE FENCE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£595k£61,6201unclear—no doubt
DOORSTEP FY2025£148k—0above—no doubt

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