Company registration number: CE023357 Charity registration number: 1190727
**HALFWAY HOME (STOKE-ON-TRENT) TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
JABR Chartered Certified Accountants 376 Walsall Road Birmingham B42 2LX
## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|1—3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7—10|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|11|
**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Company No. CE023357 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Aims and Objectives**
The primary purpose of Halfway Home, as outlined in our governing document, is to support adults in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire who are transitioning from homelessness shelters and hostels. We aim to provide them with safe accommodation, guidance, and tailored support, helping them build confidence and independence. Through these efforts, we work to reduce the likelihood of homelessness recurring and promote long-term stability for our beneficiaries.
## **Public Benefit**
Halfway Home is considered an exempt accommodation provided by a charity under the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Regulation 2005. The care, support and supervision as defined under exempt accommodation is largely provided by Halfway Home as a charitable action and would be considered social investment within the locality.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## **Contribution Made by Volunteers**
Volunteers play a vital role in the success of Halfway Home. They actively support the trustees by providing essential insights into the homelessness and housing sectors, ensuring informed decision-making. Volunteers also offer administrative support, streamlining communication between the trustees and the team. They gather and relay feedback from service users, ensuring that the charity’s offerings remain responsive to their needs.
Moreover, volunteers contribute to a wide range of activities at Halfway Home, from assisting with vocational training sessions to participating in our one-stop shop initiative, which includes the free laundrette, food bank, and other supportive services. Their dedication significantly enhances our capacity to make a meaningful impact in the community.
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Main Achievements**
Over the past year, Halfway Home has flourished as an exempt accommodation provider in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council. We’ve expanded our capacity, now supporting 32 individuals who have experienced homelessness and are on the path to stability. Through our collaborations with the Housing Solutions Team and the local rough sleeper team, we provide comprehensive support, from trauma recovery to independent living.
In addition to these accomplishments, we’ve also acquired three new properties, including a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), allowing us to offer more tailored accommodation. We’ve also introduced a one-stop shop initiative, providing a free laundrette service, a food bank, free haircuts for homeless individuals, and free school uniforms for children. These initiatives not only empower our beneficiaries but also contribute to a more inclusive and resilient community.
## **Achievements Against Objectives Set**
Over the past year, Halfway Home has made significant strides in achieving its goals. Nearly 50% of our residents have successfully transitioned to independent living, a testament to the effectiveness of our support. We’ve provided comprehensive assistance to individuals facing a range of challenges, including mental health issues, physical disabilities, and substance abuse problems.
In addition, our new one-stop shop initiative has greatly expanded our impact, offering crucial support to vulnerable populations, such as single parents struggling with financial difficulties. This holistic approach has not only helped individuals stabilize their lives but also fostered a more inclusive and supportive community.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position**
Funds held in the bank account as at 30 April 2025 were £33,556.
Surplus as stated above is kept for the events of emergencies, repairs and replacements of housing related goods.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Governing Document**
Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its charity trustees (‘Foundation’ model constitution).
## **Trustee Selection Methods**
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
## **Trustees**
Ms Z Hanif Ms G Arapi Mr S Sodagar
## **Charity Number**
1190727
## **Company Number**
CE023357
## **Registered Office**
Eleven 11 Queen Street Stoke-On-Trent ST6 3EL
## **Independent Examiner**
Faheem Ghumra ACCA JABR Chartered Certified Accountants 376 Walsall Road Birmingham B42 2LX
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## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Small Company Rules**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
Mr S Sodagar
Trustee
9 January 2026
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**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.
## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report**
As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Faheem Ghumra ACCA
9 January 2026 JABR Chartered Certified Accountants 376 Walsall Road Birmingham B42 2LX
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## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities:
**5**
Homeless Project
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:**
Total funds brought forward
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**11**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
65,615|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
86,898|
|---|---|---|
||(59,130)|(98,784)|
||6,485|(11,886)|
||6,485
23,774|(11,886)
35,660|
||30,259|23,774|
The notes on pages 7 to 10 form part of these financial statements.
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## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Balance Sheet As At 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible Assets
**9**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
**10**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS OF THE CHARITY**
Unrestricted Funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**11**|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
4,999|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
7,812|
|---|---|---|
||4,999
33,556|7,812
18,577|
||33,556
(8,296)|18,577
(2,615)|
||25,260|15,962|
||30,259|23,774|
||30,259|23,774|
||30,259|23,774|
||30,259|23,774|
For the year ending 31 March 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
On behalf of the board
Mr S Sodagar
Trustee 9 January 2026
The notes on pages 7 to 10 form part of these financial statements.
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**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 1. **General Information**
Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number CE023357 and registered charity number 1190727. The registered office is Eleven, 11 Queen Street, Stoke-On-Trent, ST6 3EL.
## 2. **Accounting Policies**
## 2.1. **Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
## 2.2. **Incoming Resources**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Donations are the main source of income and they are recognised as income once the monies are received in the bank account. Most income is received from fundraising for specific projects and donations are shown in the accounts as unrestricted and restricted funds.
## 2.3. **Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Plant & Machinery 25% Straight Line Fixtures & Fittings 25% Straight Line
## 2.4. **Cash and Cash Equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
## 3. **Income from Donations and Legacies**
|Donations and gifts
4.
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**
The net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets - owned|**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
65,615|**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
86,898|
|---|---|---|
||**2025**
**£**
2,813|**2024**
**£**
2,813|
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**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 5. **Analysis of Expenditure**
|Homeless Project
Homeless Project
6.
**Support Costs**
Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Governance costs
Employee costs
Premises expenses
General administration
Depreciation
Governance costs
7.
**Staff Costs**
Staff costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
16,982|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 6)
**£**
42,148|**2025**
**Total**
**£**
59,130|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**£**
34,178|**Support**
**costs**
(see note 6)
**£**
64,606|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
98,784|
|||**2025**
**£**
28,925|**2025**
**Homeless**
**Project**
**£**
32,397
774
2,874
2,813
3,290|
||||42,148|
||||**2024**
**Homeless**
**Project**
**£**
28,679
21,367
9,402
2,813
2,345|
||||64,606|
||||**2024**
**£**
26,061|
No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000.
8. **Average Number of Employees**
Average number of employees during the year was: 1 (2024: 1)
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## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## 9. **Tangible Assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 April 2024
As at 31 March 2025
**Depreciation**
As at 1 April 2024
Provided during the period
As at 31 March 2025
**Net Book Value**
As at 31 March 2025
As at 1 April 2024
0.
**Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Taxation and social security
1.
**Movement in Funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General:
General unrestricted fund
**Total funds**|**As at 1 April**
**2024**
**£**
23,774|**Plant &**
**Machinery**
**£**
3,444|**Plant &**
**Machinery**
**£**
3,444|**Fixtures &**
**Fittings**
**£**
7,807|**Total**
**£**
11,251|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||3,444||7,807|11,251|
|||993
861||2,446
1,952|3,439
2,813|
|||1,854||4,398|6,252|
|||1,590||3,409|4,999|
|||2,451||5,361|7,812|
|||**Income**
**£**
65,615||**2025**
**£**
1
5,440
2,855
8,296
**Expenditure**
**£**
(59,130)|**2024**
**£**
1,175
1,440
-|
||||||2,615|
||||||**As at 31**
**March 2025**
**£**
30,259|
||23,774|65,615||(59,130)|30,259|
||**As at 1 April**
**2023**
**£**
35,660|**Income**
**£**
86,898||**Expenditure**
**£**
(98,784)|**As at 31**
**March 2024**
**£**
23,774|
||35,660|86,898||(98,784)|23,774|
## 10. **Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**
## 11. **Movement in Funds**
## 12. **Transactions with Trustees**
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
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## **Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
No trustee expenses have been incurred.
## 13. **Related Party Disclosures**
There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure.
## 14. **Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
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**Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations and gifts|**2025**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
65,615|**2024**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
86,898|
|---|---|---|
||65,615|86,898|
|**EXPENDITURE ON:**
**Charitable Activities:**
**Homeless Project**
Purchases
Subcontractor costs
Wages and salaries
Travel and subsistence expenses
Rent
Light and heat
Water rates
Cleaning
Repairs, renewals and maintenance
Insurance
Printing, postage and stationery
Telecommunications
Website costs
Sundry expenses
Depreciation of plant and machinery
Depreciation of fixtures and fittings
Accountancy fees
Professional fees
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|65,615
(13,732)
(3,250)
(28,925)
(3,472)
-
-
(774)
-
-
(137)
-
(2,367)
(11)
(359)
(861)
(1,952)
(1,440)
(1,850)|86,898
(5,185)
(28,993)
(26,061)
(2,618)
(15,370)
(1,215)
(4,747)
(35)
(6,199)
(105)
(234)
(2,142)
(132)
(590)
(861)
(1,952)
(1,515)
(830)|
||(59,130)|(98,784)|
||(59,130)|(98,784)|
||6,485|(11,886)|
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## Halfway Home (Stoke-On-Trent) - Accounts - 31.03.2025
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