HOUSE OF GRACE WITHAM

Registered charity 1199138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a)To provide supported housing in Witham, Essex, or the immediate surrounding area for homeless and disenfranchised or socially excluded people in conditions of need within that same geographic area;b) to relieve the distress caused by conditions of homelessness, financial hardship and poor mental health;c) to promote and facilitate integration of individuals into society

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Braintree, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £32,929.76 at the end of the financial year, with total receipts of £54,909.87 and total payments of £50,603.50. The trustees report that they are not in a position to adopt a formal reserves policy as all funds are currently needed to support current activities and pay off lease payments and borrowed money. The trustees confirm there is no fundamental uncertainty about the charity continuing as a going concern, although they identify risks related to benefit shortfalls affecting the ability to pay lease and salary costs.

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 4 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony George Patrick Timmins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Audrey May Kennedy Dip.Ed
• DAVID ALEXANDER BRETT
• Dr Geoffrey Leonard Davey Phd
• Emmelia VAN DER WALT JAMES BA Hon
• Martin Andrews

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AMAZING GRACE SPACES.

• AMAZING GRACE SPACES income £138k
• THE COMMUNITY OF GRACE income £42k
• GRACE ENTERPRISES NOTTINGHAM LTD income £608k
• GRACE CHURCH BATH income £207k
• HOUSE OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £56k
• GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH LOFTUS income £97k

Side by side with its peers

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