OFF THE STREETS

Charity number: 1184331
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The relief of poverty for the benefit of people who are homeless or rough sleepers in Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively, by providing short term accommodation and supporting and assisting those homeless persons who want to escape homelessness by providing signposting/advocacy and on-going support for up to 6 months to enable rough sleepers to move on.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £270,314
Total expenditure: £168,369

People

6 Trustee(s)

38 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Southend-on-sea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 July 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Gary Paul Watts Chair 08 April 2024
None on record
Kevin Francis Buck Trustee 11 March 2025
THE JAZZ CENTRE (UK)
Received: On time
Nicholas Emmet Thomas Perry Trustee 27 March 2020
None on record
Karen Fields Trustee 05 August 2019
None on record
Kirsty Fields Trustee 05 August 2019
None on record
Derek George Thomas Trustee 05 August 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £71.86k £140.45k £154.91k £511.88k £270.31k
Total expenditure £36.45k £59.52k £99.23k £171.21k £168.37k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £10.00k £10.00k £20.00k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A N/A £105.62k N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A £411 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £404.36k N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A £1.49k N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £131.53k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A £39.68k N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A £3.66k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 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 December 2024 10 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 28 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 July 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 29 July 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 21 April 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 21 April 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 26 April 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 26 April 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 22 February 2022 114 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 22 February 2022 114 days late 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 09 Jul 2019

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THOSE HOMELESS PERSONS WHO WANT TO ESCAPE HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING SIGNPOSTING/ADVOCACY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS TO ENABLE ROUGH SLEEPERS TO MOVE INTO MORE PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION.

Contact information

Address:
3 Trinity Avenue
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex
SS0 7PU
Phone:
07399530662
Email:
offthestreetssouthend@yahoo.com
Website:

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