COMPLIMENTS OF THE HOUSE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 2 May 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
Latest income: £8,167
Latest expenditure: £21,658
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 3SPACE International House, 6th Floor, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton

Website recorded by the regulator: Complimentsofthehouse.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

1) The prevention or relief of poverty in Greater London, in particular but not exclusively by providing food, toiletries, bedding and clothing and a signposting service to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.2) The promotion of social inclusion among people who have become socially excluded due to unemployment.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 March 2026
Date Accounts Received: 27 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £8,167
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,658

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 March 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £25,216
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,117

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 28 March 2024
Date Accounts Received: 28 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £32,554
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,181

Fin Period Start Date: 3 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £71,517
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,235

Fin Period Start Date: 3 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 2 May 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 2 March 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £242,610
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,644

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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 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £8,167
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,658
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: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £25,216
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,117
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: No
Count Volunteers: 250

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Received Date: 28 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £32,554
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,181
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: No
Count Volunteers: 370

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 3 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £71,517
Total Gross Expenditure: £81,235
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 485

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 3 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 2 May 2021
Ar Due Date: 2 March 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £242,610
Total Gross Expenditure: £138,644
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £16,250
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 550

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COMPLIMENTS OF THE HOUSE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-05-02T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 May 2019
Charitable Objects: ÔTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN GREATER LONDON BY PROVIDING: FOOD, TOILETRIES, BEDDING AND CLOTHING TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.Ö1) OBTAINING SURPLUS FOOD FROM COMMERCIAL FOOD COMPANIES AND SUPERMARKETS AND GIVING IT OUT FOR FREE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT2) OBTAINING TOILETRIES, BEDDING AND CLOTHING AND GIVING IT OUT FREELY TO THOSE WHO NEED ITÔTO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASICHABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).Ö1) BY PROVIDING THOSE THAT HAVE BECOME SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AND GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND A REFERENCE THAT WILL HELP THEM TO GAIN PAID EMPLOYMENT WHICH WILL HELP TO INTEGRATE THEM BACK INTO SOCIETY

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff