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One Roof Leicester

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1159018LeicesterPoverty relief
Income£1.1m2025-03-31
Spending£509ksame year
Spent / received61%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctPoverty relief
Registered2014CIO
Employees8latest return

Analysis

One Roof Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, One Roof Leicester reported income of £1.1m and spending of £509k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £482k to £1.1m (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, One Roof Leicester sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) (£1.1m), Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering Service (£1.2m) and The Coventry Freemen's Charity (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £122k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

Income and spending

£0£287k£574k£862k£1.1m2021 Income: £481,9692021 Spending: £243,62220212022 Income: £484,8432022 Spending: £343,21220222023 Income: £309,2772023 Spending: £347,80220232024 Income: £625,1872024 Spending: £406,03920242025 Income: £1,148,7692025 Spending: £509,2032025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 96%
  • Investments 0.5%
  • Other 3.2%

In the charity's own words

The objects of the charity are the prevention or relief of poverty in Leicester and Leicestershire by providing support, advice and accommodation to homeless or socially isolated individuals or families, and by supporting other voluntary, faith or community organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

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CharityLocationIncome
Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurudwara (Sikh Temple)Leicester£1.1m
Cornerstone (North East) Adoption and Fostering ServiceMattersey£1.2m
The Coventry Freemen's CharityCoventry£1.1m
Springfield Trust LimitedLondon£1.2m