OFF THE STREETS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 9 July 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £367,134
Latest expenditure: £152,587
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 3 Trinity Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7PU

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.offthestreetsessex.org.uk/home (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 22 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £367,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,587

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 10 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £270,314
Total Gross Expenditure: £168,369

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £511,876
Total Gross Expenditure: £171,214

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 21 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 21 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £154,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,228

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £140,453
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,515

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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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 22 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £367,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £152,587
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: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 10 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £270,314
Total Gross Expenditure: £168,369
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: 38

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £511,876
Total Gross Expenditure: £171,214
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 21 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £154,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £99,228
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: £4
Income From Government Grants: £20,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
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: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £140,453
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,515
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: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 105615
Income Other Trading Activities: 411
Income Charitable Activities: 404359
Income Investments: 1491
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 511876
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £39,684
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £131,530
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 171214
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3656
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 3970
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £81,655
Assets Total Fixed: 923578
Assets Own Use: 923578
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £248,946
Assets Total Liabilities: £642,575
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £529,949
Creditors One Year Total Current: 71575
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 571000
Assets Cash: £199,868
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 91655
Funds Restricted: 438294
Funds Total: 529949
Count Employees: 2
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Southend-on-sea
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

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

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: OFF THE STREETS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2019-07-09T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: 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.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures