HELP THE HOMELESS LIMITED

Registered charity 271988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELP LTD

Our principal aim is to support the care and treatment of the single homeless.The reasons for their being homeless vary, but may include ill-health, those who are discharged offenders, drug and drink addicts or other adverse circumstances in their lives.We financially support hostels, drop-in centres and the like with grants.

Objects

THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS AND THE FAMILIES OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS OR SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES OR WHO BY REASON OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL-HEALTH OR BY BEING DISCHARGED OFFENDERS ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSTELS AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMODATION, AND TO EDUCATE THESE PERSONS SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP TO FULL MATURITY AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Adur, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £43,586 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a decrease in investment values. Despite this loss, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,243,573 and stated it has sufficient cash balances to meet short-term liabilities. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to fund activities for the foreseeable future.

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 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 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01238563

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FORSTER, Madeleine — director, appointed 20/01/2025on trustee list
• TEREFENKO, Gregory John — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• LEES, Tracey — director, appointed 11/07/2022on trustee list
• MCGOLDRICK, Eamon Peter — director, appointed 31/10/2016on trustee list
• HOLMES, Stuart Jonathon — director, appointed 01/05/2012on trustee list
• PRIEST, Katherine Ann — secretary, appointed 29/10/2019

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EAMON PETER MCGOLDRICKchair
• Gregory Terefenko
• Madeleine Forster
• STUART JONATHON HOLMES
• Tracey Lees

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE HOMELESS FOUNDATION income £60k
• HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER income £289k
• HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUND income £80k
• CHORLEY HELP THE HOMELESS income £109k
• HELP FOR HOMELESS income £66k
• HANDS OF HOPE FOUNDATION income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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