CRISIS UK

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help people to transform their lives.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024
Total income:
£66,140,000
Donations and legacies | £47.96m | |
Charitable activities | £10.62m | |
Other trading activities | £6.77m | |
Investments | £598.00k | |
Other | £198.00k |
Total expenditure:
£64,704,000
Raising funds | £21.82m | |
Charitable activities | £42.88m | |
Other | £0 |
£13,000 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £389,535 from 3 government contract(s) and £68,372 from 6 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £21.82m | |
Charitable expenditure | £42.88m | |
Retained for future use | £1.44m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £21.82m | |
Charitable expenditure | £42.88m | |
Retained for future use | £1.45m |
People

674 Employee(s)
13 Trustee(s)
4323 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 26 |
£70k to £80k | 6 |
£80k to £90k | 3 |
£90k to £100k | 4 |
£100k to £110k | 1 |
£120k to £130k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Accommodation/housing
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
Governance
- 19 October 2000: Standard registration
- 06 May 2016: Funds received from 1121266 LIFT PEOPLE
- 06 August 2018: Funds received from 252451 THE BIRD CHARITABLE TRUST
- 01 October 2018: Funds received from 256640 NEW RENASCENCE
- 16 February 2024: Funds received from 1014220 WHITTINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST
- 19 June 2024: Funds received from 274160 D L W MACFARLANE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT
- 12 September 2024: Funds received from 1181363 HELPING HANDS OF LONDON
- 16 May 2025: Funds received from 262517 THE ROTARY CLUB OF ISLINGTON, HIGHGATE AND MUSWELL...
- CRISIS (Working name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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
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
13 Trustee(s)
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Sem Moema | Trustee | 12 February 2025 |
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Matthew Sanders | Trustee | 12 February 2025 |
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Joanna Penn | Trustee | 12 February 2025 |
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Geeta Nanda | Trustee | 01 September 2024 |
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Alastair John Wilson | Trustee | 01 June 2024 |
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Ezechi Britton | Trustee | 10 January 2023 |
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Waqar Ahmed | Trustee | 10 January 2023 |
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Sapna Dutta | Trustee | 10 January 2023 |
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Charlotte Bates | Trustee | 10 January 2023 |
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Kathleen Palmer | Trustee | 10 January 2023 |
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Tristia Harrison | Trustee | 30 July 2020 |
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Alison Wallace | Trustee | 28 November 2019 |
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Victoria Grace Helen Fox | Trustee | 04 April 2019 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/06/2020 | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £63.42m | £64.63m | £64.83m | £64.96m | £66.14m | |
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Total expenditure | £54.00m | £58.75m | £66.24m | £67.06m | £64.70m | |
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Income from government contracts | £160.76k | £178.10k | £90.00k | £194.03k | £389.54k | |
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Income from government grants | £897.84k | £949.41k | £476.11k | £250.36k | £68.37k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £52.51m | £53.91m | £50.26m | £49.17m | £47.96m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £3.76m | £5.25m | £4.69m | £5.91m | £6.77m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £6.95m | £5.33m | £9.50m | £9.24m | £10.62m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £166.00k | £59.00k | £67.00k | £248.00k | £598.00k | |
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Income - Other | £36.00k | £83.00k | £312.00k | £386.00k | £198.00k | |
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Income - Legacies | £1.62m | £2.04m | £3.44m | £3.14m | £3.74m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £33.26m | £36.12m | £41.31m | £45.07m | £42.88m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £20.74m | £22.63m | £24.93m | £21.99m | £21.82m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £72.00k | £67.00k | £45.00k | £192.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £3.62m | £1.42m | £279.00k | £107.00k | £579.00k | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 30/06/2020 | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £6.27m | £5.34m | £16.58m | £20.78m | £23.08m | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £1.09m | £1.24m | £703.00k | £671.00k | |
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Other assets | £34.13m | £38.71m | £27.71m | £23.94m | £21.43m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £4.28m | £3.01m | £4.86m | £6.82m | £5.14m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 30 June 2024 | 25 February 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2024 | 25 February 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2023 | 24 April 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2023 | 24 April 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2022 | 24 February 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2022 | 24 February 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2021 | 27 April 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2021 | 27 April 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 June 2020 | 31 March 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2020 | 31 March 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JUNE 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2000, 17TH JUNE 2002, 19 NOVEMBER 2007 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 01 Jan 1901 as amended on 03 Dec 2018
Charitable objects
4. OBJECTS 4.1 The only objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to: 4.1.1 Relieve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless including through: (a) the provision and evaluation of services to such people which directly or indirectly prevent, relieve, reduce or end their homelessness in a sustainable way; and (b) undertaking, publishing and promoting research relating to homelessness and associated matters. 4.1.2 Advance any other ancillary charitable purpose in such way as the trustees in their absolute discretion think fit (“the Objects”). 4.2 Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED.
Contact information
- Address:
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50-52 COMMERCIAL STREET
LONDON
E1 6LT
- Phone:
- 0300 636 1967
- Email:
- enquiries@crisis.org.uk
- Website:
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