Emmaus Hertfordshire — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 3 February 1999
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03692409
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £1,279,706
Latest expenditure: £1,210,342
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Emmaus Hertfordshire, Hill End Lane, St. Albans, AL4 0FE

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.emmaus.org.uk/hertfordshire (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The charity's objects are the alleviation and relief of poverty, hardship and distress in the Hertfordshire area. The policies adopted in furtherance of these objectives are the provision of accommodation, assistance and meaningful work for homeless people in the Hertfordshire area within a community run in accordance with the concepts and principles of Emmaus and the international manifesto.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 April 2026
Date Accounts Received: 23 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,279,706
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,210,342

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 April 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,208,778
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,250,272

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 26 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 26 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,135,350
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,086,323

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 21 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 26 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £919,405
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,023,838

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £881,981
Total Gross Expenditure: £934,175

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,279,706
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,210,342
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,208,778
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,250,272
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 26 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,135,350
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,086,323
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 21 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £919,405
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,023,838
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £31,657
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 28

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £881,981
Total Gross Expenditure: £934,175
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £129,227
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 April 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 232094
Income Other Trading Activities: 700625
Income Charitable Activities: 319174
Income Investments: 5653
Income Other: 22160
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1279706
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £475
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,209,867
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1210342
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 16626
Expenditure Support Costs: 17799
Expenditure Depreciation: 33315
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £783,575
Assets Total Fixed: 824185
Assets Own Use: 824185
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £618,761
Assets Total Liabilities: £128,528
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,314,418
Creditors One Year Total Current: 128528
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £528,765
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 783575
Funds Restricted: 530843
Funds Total: 1314418
Count Employees: 15
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 April 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 196313
Income Other Trading Activities: 697092
Income Charitable Activities: 280881
Income Investments: 5261
Income Other: 29231
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1208778
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £3,963
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,246,309
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1250272
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 14029
Expenditure Depreciation: 35575
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £675,019
Assets Total Fixed: 830872
Assets Own Use: 830872
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £581,665
Assets Total Liabilities: £167,483
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,245,054
Creditors One Year Total Current: 167483
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £496,774
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 675019
Funds Restricted: 570035
Funds Total: 1245054
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 26 April 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 204408
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 915806
Income Investments: 2766
Income Other: 12370
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1135350
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £325
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,085,998
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1086323
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10252
Expenditure Support Costs: 17920
Expenditure Depreciation: 36194
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £688,461
Assets Total Fixed: 827671
Assets Own Use: 827671
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £610,611
Assets Total Liabilities: £151,734
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,286,548
Creditors One Year Total Current: 151734
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £520,982
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 688461
Funds Restricted: 598087
Funds Total: 1286548
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 21 April 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 67524
Income Other Trading Activities: 864
Income Charitable Activities: 806126
Income Investments: 7169
Income Other: 38586
Income Total Income And Endowments: 920269
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £864
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,022,974
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1023838
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10625
Expenditure Support Costs: 10263
Expenditure Depreciation: 44755
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £723,621
Assets Total Fixed: 863035
Assets Own Use: 863035
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £529,750
Assets Total Liabilities: £155,264
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,237,521
Creditors One Year Total Current: 155264
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £452,712
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 723621
Funds Restricted: 513900
Funds Total: 1237521
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 March 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 41676
Income Other Trading Activities: 462342
Income Charitable Activities: 241639
Income Investments: 901
Income Other: 135423
Income Total Income And Endowments: 881981
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £322
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £933,853
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 934175
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10054
Expenditure Support Costs: 11243
Expenditure Depreciation: 45892
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -45892
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £848,095
Assets Total Fixed: 902770
Assets Own Use: 902770
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £588,247
Assets Total Liabilities: £149,063
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,341,954
Creditors One Year Total Current: 149063
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £485,288
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 848095
Funds Restricted: 493859
Funds Total: 1341954
Count Employees: 12
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Barnet
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: France
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Emmaus Hertfordshire
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1999-02-03T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/01/1999NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 05/12/2013 as amended on 06 Jan 1999 as amended on 21 Jan 2019 as amended on 06 Dec 2023
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE EMMAUS MOVEMENT AS PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY EMMAUS UK, TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY: 1. THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION, FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE ST ALBANS AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "BENEFICIARIES"). 2. THE REHABILITATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS APPROPRIATE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING) AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND SATISFACTION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEREBY DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND DIGNITY THROUGH HAVING A SELF-SUPPORTING LIFE. 3. THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS PROJECTS WORLD WIDE. 4. THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: ST ALBANS AREA AND ELSEWHERE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 464540
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: EMMAUS ST ALBANS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries