GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES AREA DOORSTEP

Registered charity 702881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an independent local provider of temporary housing and support to young people aged 16 to 25 who are homeless or in need of housing related support. Our role is to enable young people and young families to define, establish and maintain their own home.Doorstep exists to fight homelessness and empower vulnerable young people to fulfil their potential and transform their lives.

Objects

THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF YOUNG PERSONS PRIMARILY THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25 WHO ARE HOMELESS AND IN NEED OR WHERE BY REASONS OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING, DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL HOUSING; SUPPORTED HOUSING; RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION; OR SIMILAR FACILITIES INCLUDING A HOUSING ADVICE CLINIC AND TO FURTHER ASSIST THOSE SO ACCOMMODATED WHO BY REASON OF ANY PHYSICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR SOCIAL INFIRMITY ARE IN NEED OF ADVICE COUNSELLING AND ANY OTHER FORM OF AID TO ACQUIRE EMPLOYMENT MORE PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ANY OTHER BENEFIT TO ASSIST THEM TOWARDS A MORE SETTLED WAY OF LIVING IN 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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £47,862 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total turnover of £1,148,163. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,155,517, though free reserves are calculated at £254,155 after deducting designated reserves and netting out bank loans against fixed assets. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forrester Boyd Robson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

30 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (23 freehold); recorded price paid £838k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER DAVID BEARDchair
• Dr Helen Frances Pine
• HOWARD STEPHEN FIELD
• Kim Warren
• Robin Anthony Barr
• SHARON ANN TAPPIN

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

Operates in: North East Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• DOORSTEP income £148k
• DOORWAY income £1.0m
• DONCASTER HOUSING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LTD income £460k
• REDDITCH NIGHTSTOP income £238k
• DOORSTEP OF HULL income £2.2m
• HELP ON YOUR DOORSTEP income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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