SHELTER, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE LIMITED

Registered charity 263710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHELTER, SHELTER, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE HOMELESS LIMITED

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Shelter ran an operating deficit of £2.9m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves falling to £7.7m. The trustees have directed management to rebuild reserves to £12.5m by the close of the year ended 31 March 2028. The going concern basis is supported by projected liquidity improvements and available mitigation actions.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe LLP.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Alison Jane Taylor
• Arshmeena Durrani · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chris John Pitt
• Dr Louisa Monique Baxter
• Helen MacNamara CB
• James Strang
• John Ross McQuade
• Karen Belinda Kneller
• Kezia Dugdale
• Leonie Victoria Foster
• Myfanwy Barrett
• Steven Ronald Haines

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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