East Park Hostel for the Homeless

Analysis

East Park Hostel for the Homeless is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Park Hostel for the Homeless reported income of £34k and spending of £16k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £34k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East Park Hostel for the Homeless sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust (£34k), Children in Need Fund (£34k) and Hitched Communities Ltd (£34k).