Gloucestershire Nightstop

Analysis

Gloucestershire Nightstop is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04837650). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Nightstop reported income of £240k and spending of £254k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £146k to £240k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Gloucestershire Nightstop sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thomas Scanlan Trust (£239k), The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust (£240k) and The New College of Cobham (£239k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.