ROUTES TO ROOTS (POOLE) CIO

Charity number: 1155945
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Routes to Roots is a drop-in centre for those experiencing homelessness, newly homed and vulnerably housed adults in Poole. R2R provides a drop in centre and hot lunch Mon-Fri, showers, washing facilities and offers signposting to other agencies.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £193,702
Total expenditure: £165,290

People

6 Trustee(s)

50 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Poole

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 February 2014: CIO registration
  • 28 February 2017: Funds received from 1093689 ROUTES TO ROOTS CHRISTIAN ACTION WITH THE HOMELESS...
  • 04 July 2024: Funds received from 1063994 VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF POOLE
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • R2R (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rev LUCINDA JANE HOLT Chair 22 January 2018
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' CHURCH POOLE
Received: On time
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' CHURCH POOLE
Received: On time
ST MARY'S FUND, SALISBURY
Received: On time
ST MARY'S FUND, SALISBURY
Received: On time
SALISBURY DIOCESAN SOCIAL WELFARE FUND (THE SOCIAL WELFARE FUND)
Received: On time
SALISBURY DIOCESAN SOCIAL WELFARE FUND (THE SOCIAL WELFARE FUND)
Received: On time
MUNICIPAL AND OWEN CARTER'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES
Received: On time
MUNICIPAL AND OWEN CARTER'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES
Received: On time
Rebecca Parsons Trustee 20 May 2025
None on record
Sara Turner Trustee 15 May 2023
None on record
Rev Canon Pamela Wise Trustee 01 March 2022
None on record
Martin Finch Trustee 07 June 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £165.22k £196.72k £154.72k £154.72k £193.70k
Total expenditure £178.82k £243.36k £107.14k £107.14k £165.29k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £2.00k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 21 August 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 21 August 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 14 March 2024 43 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 14 March 2024 43 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 06 September 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Association Registered 26 Feb 2014 as amended on 01 Jun 2023 as amended on 01 Jun 2023

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ROUGH SLEEPERS AND VULNERABLY HOUSED PEOPLE IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE BY FURTHERING SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, THE TERM 'ROUGH SLEEPERS AND VULNERABLY HOUSED' MEANS ANYONE WITHOUT A HOME, THOSE LIVING ON THE STREETS, THOSE WITH NO FIXED ABODE, THOSE IN MAKESHIFT ACCOMODATION, THOSE IN EMERGENCY ACCOMODATION, THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS.

Contact information

Address:
Genesis Centre
Hill Street
POOLE
Dorset
BH15 1NR
Phone:
01202667880
Email:
office@routestoroots.org
Website:

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