THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS

Registered charity 207242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS-IN-SOHO (OTHERWISE THE HOUSE OF CHARITY FOR DISTRESSED PERSONS IN LONDON), THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS-IN-SOHO

The House of St Barnabas has been supporting those affected by homelessness for over 160 years, helping them to bring about a positive change in their lives by offering a unique Life Skills Programme.The Programme provides participants with personal development coaching, therapies focused on mental and physical well-being, practical and classroom-based hospitality training.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOUSING, ADVICE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LONDON.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

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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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

2 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Townsend
• Karen Everett · trustee of 4 other charities
• Kate Shoesmith
• Katherine Ruth SWADE
• Richard Taunt
• Robi Sol Elsawey
• STEPHEN ERIC BURNS
• Tyler Williams-Green

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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