HOMELESS ACTION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-03 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£814K
-16.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+19.6% vs 2024
Employees
27
+3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-05-30
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HOMELESS ACTION 2023-03-10 → present
- THE ASHLEY FOUNDATION 1997-05-07 → 2023-03-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-30 | 2025-05-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,990,502 | £3,792,342 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £215,364 | £648,219 | |
| Cash | £971,129 | £813,536 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,591,960 | £4,221,155 | |
| Net assets | £3,311,464 | £3,959,683 | |
| Equity | £3,311,464 | £3,959,683 | |
| Average employees | 26 | 27 | |
| Wages | £1,235,264 | £1,366,940 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-05-30 | 2025-05-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 7.2% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.9% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | -6.10x | -4.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following a review of the financial position at the date of signing these accounts and projections for the following 12 months the Trustees consider that the charity is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Charity's Community Café & Hub in Blackpool closed at the end of December 2024 as a result of a serious flood in the property. The Trustees reluctantly decided that the Cafe should close permanently due to financial reasons.”
- “The Elm House extension project was successfully completed in February 2025, resulting in an expanded Elm House with 45 beds, which were quickly filled from 17th March 2025 onwards.”
- “An out of court settlement was reached in February 2025 with the former CEO and one of the previous trustees, concluding a statutory inquiry by the Charity Commission.”
- “The charity's wholly owned subsidiary, SHOP2023 CIC, was dissolved on 29th April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Lisa Margaret | Director | 2019-05-15 | Aug 1971 | British |
| O'DONNELL, Mark John, Dr | Director | 2020-10-30 | Mar 1957 | British |
| OLDFIELD, Allan Michael | Director | 2020-10-30 | Oct 1965 | British |
| ROBINSON, Simon Alastair | Director | 2020-10-30 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WARREN, Elizabeth | Director | 2020-10-30 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRIBBEN, Lee Joseph | Secretary | 1997-05-07 | 2020-02-04 |
| BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-05-07 | 1997-05-07 |
| ALLEWAY, Roy Leonard | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2017-11-13 |
| BAKER, Andrew Peter | Director | 1997-05-07 | 1997-07-24 |
| BAMBER, Paul Austen | Director | 1997-05-15 | 2016-06-29 |
| BELL, Ronald | Director | 2017-08-30 | 2019-09-10 |
| BRAMHALL, Neville Walter | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2018-06-18 |
| CEMERIKIC, Goran | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2020-03-25 |
| COHEN, Ashley | Director | 1997-05-15 | 2004-12-12 |
| DRIBBEN, Ashley Samuel | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2020-12-18 |
| FOY, Peter David | Director | 1997-05-15 | 2005-04-20 |
| HAGE, Mark | Director | 2003-12-14 | 2006-04-11 |
| HAWARTH, Christine | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2019-10-01 |
| KAM, David | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2020-07-14 |
| MARSDEN, Mychaila | Director | 2020-02-17 | 2020-03-25 |
| MCLOUGHNEY, Lorraine Theresa | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2016-05-18 |
| MCVEAN, Robert | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2008-04-08 |
| MERRALL, Philip Richard John | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-24 |
| NORMINGTON, Alfred Kenneth | Director | 2006-08-29 | 2011-06-07 |
| OLDFIELD, Alan | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-24 |
| ROBINSON, Simon Alastair | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-24 |
| SWIFT, Wendy Anne | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2019-05-31 |
| WALSH, Gerard John Sean | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2020-02-24 |
| WOOD, Brian | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2015-10-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-03-10 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2023-03-10 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2021-06-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-06-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-03-10 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2023-03-10 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-06-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-30 vs 2024-05-30
-
Turnover
+26.8%
£2,990,502 £3,792,342
-
Cash
-16.2%
£971,129 £813,536
-
Net assets
+19.6%
£3,311,464 £3,959,683
-
Employees
+3.8%
26 27
-
Wages
+10.7%
£1,235,264 £1,366,940
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers