C4WS HOMELESS PROJECT

Registered charity 1189622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operates a cold weather night shelter for homeless in Camden and provides ancillary welfare services with a view to securing and maintaining sustainable accommodation for the homeless

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND IN PARTICULAR HOMELESSNESS PRIMARILY, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN, BY PROVIDING(A) IMMEDIATE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE HOMELESS; AND(B) LONGER TERM HELP IN SECURING AND MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS AND THOSE PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a funding surplus of £91,793 for the year, with free reserves of £423,340. This reserve level represents just under 17 months of running costs, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of holding at least 12 months' costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — C4WS Homeless Project (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).

• Anglo American Charitable Foundation — “Anglo American Charitable Foundation” (source page)
• Capital City College Group — “Capital City College Group” (source page)
• Church Homeless Trust — “Church Homeless Trust” (source page)
• FP RC Orp Crofton BAIRD RSM/MV — “FP RC Orp Crofton BAIRD RSM/MV” (source page)
• Francis Crick Institution — “Francis Crick Institution” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hugh Pennychair · trustee of 5 other charities
• Catriona Hannah Laing · trustee of 4 other charities
• Henry Robertson Wilson
• Lauren Nicole Townley Pleydell-Pearce
• Max Charles Mills
• Nicholas Mark Price

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENWICH HOMELESS PROJECT.

• GREENWICH HOMELESS PROJECT income £202k
• CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT income £78k
• HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m
• HARROGATE HOMELESS PROJECT LTD income £1.2m
• SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED income £566k
• WINTERCOMFORT FOR THE HOMELESS income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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