SLEAP

Registered charity 1184663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support & lodgings for young people

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF YOUNG PERSONS IN LANCASHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION BASED ON THE EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH CARE, COMPASSION AND RELEVANT PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that SLEAP reported a loss of £59,060 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £157,267 to £98,207. The charity relies heavily on donations and fundraising, with no secured grants remaining after the core grant ended. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming to hold 25% of annual costs (three months' expenditure) as unrestricted reserves.

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 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Hamiltonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony Joseph Matthews
• Derek Harborne
• Emma Foxall
• James Harris
• TIM GROSE

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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