TURN2US

Registered charity 207812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISTRESSED GENTLEFOLK'S AID ASSOCIATION, ELIZABETH FINN CARE, ELIZABETH FINN TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC040987 (OSCR)

Helping eligible residents of the UK who live in poverty by means of regular financial allowances, grants and advice from dedicated case workers and volunteers.Turn2us website and helpline service is also provided to help anybody living in poverty in the UK to access the funds they are entitled to as regards state benefits and financial support from benevolent charities.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £26 million as of 31 March 2025, representing approximately seven months of annual expenditure. The trustees are confident that this level is sufficient for current and proposed activities, and the auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Turn2us (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).

• Royal London — “Our partnership with Royal London is our biggest to date and has raised an incredible £1.2million over the last four years.” (source page)
• Cadent — “Turn2us is delighted to be part of the Warm Homes Network, a collaboration between Turn2us, Citizens Advice Manchester and YES Energy Soluti…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (48,188 followers) · instagram (7,063 followers)

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Head of Impact & Evaluation — Circa £60,000 per year · London (Hybrid) · posted 6 days ago apply now (seen 02/09/2026)
• Senior Partnerships Officer — £43,728 per year · Farringdon (Hybrid) · posted 1 day ago (seen 02/09/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (91% 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: 86.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander James MacDonald
• Arvinda Gohil OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Denise Amelia Ramsey
• Edwina Johnston
• Holly Alexandra Tippett Simpson
• Jenny Cooke
• Jenny Oklikah
• Joyce Selina Frederick
• Kaveed Ali · trustee of 2 other charities
• Philippe Olivier Lintern
• Samuel Peter Royston
• Umar Abdur-Rehman Ansari

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Turning Tides Homelessness.

• Turning Tides Homelessness income £9.3m
• TURNING LIVES AROUND LTD income £8.4m
• TURN TRUST income £672k
• TURNER HOME income £4.8m
• G J W TURNER TRUST income £362k
• The Worshipful Company of Turners Charitable Trust income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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