Homeless Action Resource Project

Analysis

Homeless Action Resource Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 company (Companies House number 04566985). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Homeless Action Resource Project reported income of £11.8m and spending of £11.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4.9m to £11.8m (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Homeless Action Resource Project sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Life Services (£11.7m), The Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation (£11.9m) and The Central Young Men's Christian Association (£11.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 10% and trading 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. It employed 132 people.