Warming Up the Homeless

Analysis

Warming Up the Homeless is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Warming Up the Homeless reported income of £542k and spending of £581k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £177k to £542k (+206%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Warming Up the Homeless sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afri Green Centre (£524k), Essex & Suffolk Youth Enquiry Service Ltd (£548k) and Rother Voluntary Action (£524k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54% and trading 46%. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 39%. Reserves of £104k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.