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DOORSTEP OF HULL

Registered charity 518713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of temporary, supported hostel accommodation for single homeless people, single parent families and families.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,372 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. While unrestricted reserves of £1,483,478 are held, the trustees note this falls short of their stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs, representing approximately 8 months' running expenditure. The charity is currently investing in property acquisitions to build capacity and hopes this will lead to future surpluses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Other trading activities (94% of income)
“The Charity is now principally dependent on the rental income for its core work, which totalled £2,096,181.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.5m; policy: 12 months' operating costs)
“Free reserves available as working capital amounted to £1,483,478 which represents approximately 8 months running expenditure. This falls short of the Trustees' policy of having 12 months running costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The project director, Peter Drinkell occupies the first floor of the Charitable Company's offices under a tenancy agreement at a market rate. During the year he paid rent to the Charitable Company amounting to £2,081 (2024 £3,072).
“The project director, Peter Drinkell occupies the first floor of the Charitable Company's offices under a tenancy agreement at a market rate. During the year he paid rent to the Charitable Company amounting to £2,081 (2024 £3,072). No remuneration, benefits or expenses were received by any directors or trustees during the year in respect of their services to the Charitable Company. There are no other related parties or related party transactions.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

56 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (49 freehold); recorded price paid £2.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.1m£2.1m
31/03/2023£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2022£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2021£1.9m£1.8m

Common questions

Is DOORSTEP OF HULL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £91,372 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. While unrestricted reserves of £1,483,478 are held, the trustees note this falls short of their stated policy target of 12 months' operating costs, representing approximately 8 months' running expenditure. The charity is currently investing in property acquisitions to build capacity and hopes this will lead to future surpluses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HPH.

Who funds DOORSTEP OF HULL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOORSTEP OF HULL as a grant recipient include THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£25kSocial
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£17kLocal support
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£5kSocial
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£4kSocial

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CHERUBY TRUST1—
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£103k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£58k
PARACLETOS1£50k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST1£38k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST1£36k
STREETSMART-ACTION FOR THE HOMELESS1£35k
STREETS OF LONDON1£30k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOORSTEP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOORSTEP OF HULL£2.2m—0below—no doubt
DOORSTEP FY2025£148k—0above—no doubt
DURHAM ACTION ON SINGLE HOUSING LTD FY2025£1.3m——above—no doubt
HULL RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
KINGSTON CHURCHES ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS FY2025£1.2m£60,000 - £65,0001unclear—no doubt
STREETS2HOMES FY2025£332k—0unclear—no doubt

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