SLEEPSAFE SELBY

Registered charity 1189035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit. To relieve the needs of homeless persons or those at risk of homelessness in Selby and the surrounding areas by the provision of temporary accommodation, providing food, drink, warmth ,washing facilities, replacement clothing, companionship, advocacy services, signposting and help accessing external support.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS PERSONS, OR THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, IN SELBY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, PROVIDING FOOD, DRINK, WARMTH, WASHING FACILITIES, REPLACEMENT CLOTHING, COMPANIONSHIP, ADVOCACY SERVICES, ADVICE, SIGNPOSTING AND HELP WITH ACCESSING EXTERNAL SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds stood at £25,874 at the end of the period, with total funds of £145,838. The trustees report that reserves are maintained to ensure day-to-day activities can continue without financial pressure. The charity received significant support from grants and housing benefit during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: such a level as to ensure that the day to day activities of the charity can be continued without financial pressure (held: £26k)

“Reserves are maintained at such a level as to ensure that the day to day activities of the charity can be continued without financial pressure.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Vicky Fentonchair
Helen Margaret Hanna
suzanne Wilson

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£102k	£129k
31/12/2023	£146k	£125k
31/12/2022	£70k	£60k
31/12/2021	£71k	£36k
31/12/2020	£39k	£35k

Common questions

Is SLEEPSAFE SELBY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds stood at £25,874 at the end of the period, with total funds of £145,838. The trustees report that reserves are maintained to ensure day-to-day activities can continue without financial pressure. The charity received significant support from grants and housing benefit during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SLEEPSAFE SELBY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SLEEPSAFE SELBY as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE ARCHER TRUST, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k	Sustainable Cities and Communities
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Welfare
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£4k	Charitable activities
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	National
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2023	£135k	Sleepsafe Selby
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/07/2021	£10k	Sleepsafe Selby

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£225k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£209k
THE ABSTRACT FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE BOOTH CHARITIES	1	£69k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£38k
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£37k
EDWARD HOLT TRUST	1	£30k
THE PRET FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SELBY ALMSHOUSES AND POOR'S CHARITY.

SELBY ALMSHOUSES AND POOR'S CHARITY income £124k
SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD income £406k
NIGHTSAFE LIMITED income £1.3m
SALFORD LOAVES AND FISHES LTD income £586k
SELBY HANDS OF HOPE income £348k
COMMUNITY FURNITURE STORE (SELBY) LIMITED income £279k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SLEEPSAFE SELBY	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SELBY ALMSHOUSES AND POOR'S CHARITY FY2024	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS LTD FY2025	£406k	—	above	—	no doubt
NIGHTSAFE LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALFORD LOAVES AND FISHES LTD FY2025	£586k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SELBY HANDS OF HOPE FY2025	£348k	—	within	—	no doubt

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