LWS NIGHT SHELTER CIO

Registered charity 1185982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAMINGTON NIGHT SHELTER

The organisation can assist those who are homeless or vulnerably housed who are able to access theshelter. The organisation started because a demand for sheltered accommodation was identified,particularly overnight on Fridays and Saturdays, for those who are homeless or vulnerably housed. Theorganisation therefore aims to benefit those people by offering accommodation and food.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST HOMELESS PEOPLE, ROUGH SLEEPERS AND THE VULNERABLY HOUSED BY PROVISION OF A NIGHT SHELTER, AND OTHER RELEVANT MEANS TO RELIEVE THEIR SUFFERING.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £18,167 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £156,512 to £138,345. Despite the deficit, the trustees state the charity holds approximately 12 months of operating costs in unrestricted funds and remains solvent. The organization relies entirely on volunteers and has no paid staff or trading subsidiaries.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 26/09/2024, 331 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 26/09/2024, 696 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LWS Night Shelter (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Warwick District Foodbank — “Warwick District Foodbank” (source page)
• Action 21 - Reuseful Centre — “Action 21 - Reuseful Centre” (source page)
• The Box Factory — “The Box Factory - Donation of new washing machine” (source page)
• Rawkus - Rethinking Waste — “Rawkus - Rethinking Waste” (source page)
• Nando’s Leamington Spa — “Nando’s Leamington Spa” (source page)
• The Boar, University of Warwick Student Newspaper — “The Boar, University of Warwick Student Newspaper” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARAH LOUISE CHAPMAN
• Susan Elizabeth Rutherford

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWINDON NIGHT SHELTER.

• SWINDON NIGHT SHELTER income £748k
• London and Slough Charitable Trust income £45k
• OXFORD WINTER NIGHT SHELTER income £68k
• Colchester Engagement & Next Steps Ltd income £414k
• Shelter Housing Advice and Research Project (Leicester) income £146k
• HOLY TRINITY NIGHT SHELTER & COMMUNITY OUTREACH income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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