HEREFORDSHIRE NIGHT SHELTER

Registered charity 515025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOPE SCOTT HOSTEL

THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION & RELATED SERVICES TO HOMELESS MALE PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.

Objects

SHALL BE THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS OR SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY OR WHO BY REASON OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL HEALTH OR BY BEING A DISCHARGED OFFENDER, ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSTELS AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND TO EDUCATE THESE PERSONS SO TO DEVELOP MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP FULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £32,301 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £199,670 held in a CCLA deposit account and immediate access funds. The trustees report that these reserves provide approximately 120 months of protection against projected annual overheads of £20,000, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability despite past difficulties.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stuart Foxchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alex Cunliffe
• BARBARA HARTLAND Female
• Gerald William Ridley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Schiavon Priebe Female
• Tracey Leppard Female

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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• CHERRYTREE income £70k
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• CHESTER AID TO THE HOMELESS income £425k
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• HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m
• THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET'S HOSPITAL income £445k

Side by side with its peers

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