Company Number.. 01980372
Charity Number.. 293717
GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD IG.R.O.W.)
Report and Accounts
Forthe year ended 30 September 2025

GRDUP FOR THEROOTLE55 OFWATFORD IG.R.O.W.I
Company Informatlon
Company Number: oiG80372
CharltyNumber: 293717
Reglstered Offlce
36 Rickmansworth R08d
Waiford
Hertford5hire
WD187WT
DirectDrs
Rlchard Butler
ChT15tDpherBrooks
Dana Beale
Indepèndent ExamlneTS
Artem? LimltÈd
Chèrtered Accountants
la Klngsburys Lane
ftlngwood
England
BH24 IEL
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank PIC
PO Box 250
Delf House.
Skelmer5dale
WN8 6NT

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD (G.R.O.w.)
Report and Accounts
For the year ended 30 Septernber 2025
INDEX
Pose Number
Ito4
Trustees. Annual Report
Indeptndtnt E*amlne¢s Report
Statement of Flnantlal Activitles
8alance Sheet
8t0
13
Notes formln8 yrt oftheA¢¢oun
Thefollowlng page does not lorm part ofthe statutory accounts:
14
Deralled Income Ind Exp•ndllurt AcEounl

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD (G.RO.W.)
Trustees'(DirectOTS') Annual Report
For the year ¢nded 30 September 2025
TTUSte¢5' Annual Report
The Irii.stee£ submit their i'ePOTt Ingether w'ith the accounts for Ilie Ye￿ ended 30 Seplember 2025. The accounts have been p￿pared
in accordance iviih ihe Companies Acl 2000, Ilie Charitie% AL'I 2011 amended foi th¢ Ch•riii¢s A¢1 2021 lh¥ m¢[ll0r￿d￿jn Jnd
Articl￿ ofAssociation and Accounting and Reporting by Charili¢s-.Si*¢menl of Reconimended Practice applicable to charities
prepaTIII8 Iheir accounts in accordancc Ivith the financial Rcpor(in8 Standard applic4ble in tli¢ UK aod R¢publi¢ of Irelwjd IFRS
Strn¢tur¢? governance and management
Th¢ churSty is ¢onstitutEd as a boinpany, liinit¢d by guthrantee. do¢s not hiv¢ any sharc capital, wnd it is Bcvemcd by its
Mtinorandum and Arniclcs uf As50Cliltion.
The trusices And ￿n￿￿8¢m¢n[ commiire¢, Iheir appDinim¢ni. I'otJ¢ioTr disqualifi¢oiion ar¢ ¢BWTi¢d tsut ui &G¢ordan¢¢ iviih thg
Meniorandum )tsd Articl¢s ot. Association. Appropriate induciion and irninlng poli¢i¢s ore in placc for ncw Iru51¢es. Th¢ Trusi¢¢s
dejegaie the daY-￿￿daY operations ￿ the140slel manager an¢] his team.
Thc Hostel rnanAger m¢els ivitli Ihv TTllSte¢5 ai leasi five limes a year to discus5 progress in relation ￿ Lh¢ objeetives. mothiior
pcrfortnanG¢ and agr¢¢ (Ulu￿ budge￿ laTgc15 and PriQTiIics.
Th¢ Hostel M8nsg2r h8S C5lJblish¢(I mJnogeTneni practlC¢S Wlthin the op￿tIOnS of the charity which have produttd
itIlPTov¢ill¢Tlts and grown thc 5crvices offera by G.R.O.W. to its residcnts. enhancing the repuiaiion of G.R.O.W. ￿,11111Th ih¢
local commiinity ¥md i11crea￿ll8 public aivaT¢n¢ss.
With Ilie impa¥t5 of COVID-19 now ivill and truly in thc past, and th¢ outcotnc of decisions by third-pJty bodies such as
Herifordshire County Coiin¢il r¢moviD8 SI￿4￿1$. a knoivn ¢niityi we have been able to foeus on the implemeniatio
f our rLVi¢W of strate8y and iot¢mal maiio&¢m¢ni of th¢ charity.
Briyion Road, a ncw move on propcrty. acquirEd throu&h R parincrship iwith an inve51tDcnt party. has proi'ed to be a successful
rnilialiv¢. W¢haY¢ incr¢as¢d nur capacity across th¢ chority, iTrith only minor clianges to starring levels requir￿. This hus enabl¢d
thc re¢oYery of r¢V￿U¢ from10st funding from Henfordsliire CDuniy Council.
Wilh th¢ fo¢us Now firmly Dn th¢ futu￿ of GROW, Iv¢ 11ov¢ been ablc to bpend time focu$ind on the eXp¢r1¢￿¢¢ and
ccointnodaiion for our clivnis I residents. This has involved a rttTrieiv of Ih¢ quality of d¢coT ivithin Ilie properties we inanag
and iniprov¢m¢D(s has b¢¢n initial¢d io bring th¢ stondards ivilhin llll properties to tlie level in lin¢ Iviill th& nuv PTop¢niis wc
have acquircd. Similarly> our strategy for delivcring kw working prograrns and iiidiN'idual s¢ssions to clienis has improved.
s51st¢￿ in part. Iviih ilie use of ￿)enCY sioff.
Oblttllves #Dd A¢dvAtles
Group for th¢ Rootl¢ss of Watford IG.R.O.W.) is a chariiablc op&nisatioTh iyliose aims ￿ to-
Rclicyc ilie hardsliip disir¢ss orh0￿Cles5 fii¢Dy aged 25- 60, in Wutford. by proYidin8 th¢m with ac¢omm¢yJ&tion
and support.
ProK'id¥ specittlis¢d.support in thcchallenges of0ve￿an11n8 dependentie5 and abuse of substances and oih¢r addi¢tions.
3. Help T￿IdentS io a(iain a mor¢ stthblv ivY4>' of lif& iVTth the 5UPPOrt of other agenLI￿ to help r¢•S¢ltl¢ th¢m in
ind¢peTident accon)modation.
4. Assist ihtse regidenis and giv￿ advice on finding 511ltablc ¢niploymLlJt in tliL cDmmunity.
5. Continue to 45515t oiid support Ili¢ residLnts onc¢ they have left G.ILO.W, Iviih emotional ond practieLI help. ¢0 ¢nobl¢
Ih¢m 10 bwom¢ b¥til¢d ￿sponsibl¢ m¢inbers ofthe communtly.
Use our resourecs in o responsibl¢ mann¢r or all tim¢$ for th￿ b¢n¢fit Df our r¢5id¢nts and staff.
The Hostel slrivcs lo b6 a5 acces5iblc as possibl¢ to p¢apJ¢ froTn diff¥r¢nt culiures and backgrounds ivel¢om¢s us¢ts frtsm all
ethnic Co[￿￿￿nitIe8 bEliefs and culiiires.
GROW provides ihese obj¢ctiv¢s using th¢ main h051cI, whcr¢ all the scrvices are b8scd, artd threenearby satellite tlouses.

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLLSS OF WATFORD (G.RO.W.)
TruSlee8'(Dl￿¢1orS') Annual Report
For theyeaT eDded 30 September 2025
In shaping our ¢bje¢(iv¢s for th¢ y¢ar and planJill8 our adiYiu¢& lh¢ rnwe¢s ¢onfmi thai th¢y hove ref¢tt¢d to ihe 8uidan¢
containcd in th¢ Cljarity Commis5ron's gerKrai guidan￿ on publi¢ ben¢fii artd IioTr¢ ¢omplI￿ with s¢ction 4 of lh¢ Charitie5 Act
2011 amended for the Chariiies Aci 2021
14i5k A55e55m¢nt
In ord¢r to compl), i¥ith lh¢ Sta¢¢m¢nt of Rcwnim¢ndcd Prnaicr for Chwity Accounts IFRS I D2). & r¢viciY of lh¢ major risk%
whiLh Ihe Lharity is exposed and the svstcms ihaL have io be established to miii8are those risks liave bven carried OUL The review
0￿5￿￿¢r￿J ￿ternal faGtors ¥nd prwdur¢s hav¢ b¢cn pu¢ in plart W I￿(1fy 11105¢ ar￿ of FwA¢ntial ￿l￿erab1)ity. Thes¢ are
monitored on an oLgotng ￿ls.
Achlcvtments And PtrforniAnce
W¢ mainl?in our 4 main (thjetitv¢4 whith arw.
l. Ourbrand. r¢pui&lion and profilL We want lo enhance wr reputaiion &$ a cartnE enyironmeni where clients
CQD recei%'e the support they rtttd to ¥¢hiev¢ lAd¢￿dent liyirtg. To a¢hiev¢ thi4 we are divcr5ifyit)8 our
s¢ryic¢ 10 include.. ienancy re￿liOn COU￿ life sk-ills such &% cookin8 aThd h￿1th), ealtng* H55istsnce i
rLndin8 volunwry wot* and 8uidance in managing the transiuon to sclf4ust4inmethL
We htsve esiablished a positivewwkinB relaf￿nShIP with lfvaiford Borough Counal and ilie oiher service$i%iihin Walford
nd th¢ 5urrowiding ar¢a We coNinue lo r¢c¢ive Teferrals from parthership agenci4 buL most importand)., we r¢¢eiY¢ th¢
majcrity of ref¢rra]5 as direct aprxoa¢hcs from wtcntial cli¢nL% deMonA￿l￿% GROW is recogni5ed 35 a preferenc¢ for
those thai requir¢ our service& UnfortuRalely. we cominue w boId a w8itlll8 IISL hffiv¢ver. w¢ s¢¢king to incm
capa¢iiN' fllrtlitt ￿ ertable us to more pe¢)plE.
I In¢re8sing our 8¢¢ess to ￿￿>T￿M(￿j￿11Q￿. Where in ihc ive have lookcd th putch3sB pr(4W ID •JdTe55
the issue th•¢ aC￿Mr￿0d￿l0u for our di¢nts who r¢ady ￿ ll￿ve00 is in short supply or rtoi sfford8bJ< w¢
ate devisirt8 projcL*S to use ¢M]rresourtes to secure a¢¢ess to 8ceommodaiion artd pmwd¢ (v41r ¢lients wii
realistic proposition independeni livin8 is achiev•bl
We have successfullv taken a lon£4erm l&ise with an ttddition•l Motr¢4)n F￿]￿rtY Én Brixton Road. Waiford. providing Mp to
n additional >bed space. This has xhieved through a partnership with ty third party that ha5 purcliased lh¢ pwerty on
ow behalf. The are look(ng ¢0 fvrth¢r develop this r¢lationship in the near futur
3. D¢v¢loping c105er workiThgs(rategies ivtib the local authority part￿r organis&lion& a5 wc understand
Waiford Borough CouneAI is setkittÉ to hokl doser control of r¢fcrrals 8ThJ manasement of p4thivoy5 for
residents.
Watford Borough Council have Impleme￿ied Ihe 'Single Homel¢ss Pathwrf. whereby they seek ro process and ￿l0¢￿t¢ 411
rcf¢rrals to each scrvice w0vid￿. removing Dur ability ro receÈ¥c referrdls dir¢cily. We Continuc io work with th¢ Council on
this Ghang¢ and remain c¢M)fJd¢nt that with the righi Collaboratio￿ ihis ivill be a POSiiiv¢ thartg¢ for our 5grvic& How¢￿T. IYC
Iso ¢otttinu¢ io r¢c¢iv¢ dir¢ci r¢f¢rrats. and maintain a wwtitig Al￿ forour servt¢¢s.
4. Seekingw iderttify D¢W Potenti￿1 ttu#ee5 ivho ¢ouJd s[￿d for t1￿10n in order kn rduce the risk of
meetings being non-quor*¢ and tyabl¢ ¢h¢ IKTr4rd io incr¢a5¢ its5kill b
Thi5 i1ertL remains 8 key (*jcctivc

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLE&S OF WATFORD (G.R￿w.)
TrBStees'(DJrÈdon') Annu*l Re￿rt
For the year ended 30 SepteThber 202S
Fu¢ur¢ D¢vdDpmmts ond SiTrtrBi
Moving fOr￿[(L K will eonlinur our on th¢ 4 obj¢¢ttYes listed 8bJiA noting ts learning W¢ha￿ encounlertd ￿tr lh¢ pasi
ye￿. W¢ ur¢ now I￿17 inkn the 1Mpkrncn￿ioR5laB& mon1￿1n¥ thc cffcctivetK&s ofours(Me8y And em￿￿1￿11Y wl¢win
The $latcmeni of Financial A¢iiviiies fr*theY￿ is ts¢l i)t)l ¢Jn six ofthc 1¢￿unts.
Th¢ in¢om¢ for Ih¢yur •mouni¢d to £673.06312024: £590.1791 The ¢hwlty lths Tecelved o higher rats of housing benefi4 whicli
ha5 mltigiid the wlthdrawal frorn sup}￿1￿8 P¢opl¢.
Expcnditurc for dje yeBr amounied 10 £571054 12024.. £537,270l The is mainly atiributabl¢ io havin8 8 rtuy
proper(y. Brikitsn Road. for an cntire y¢Trr. toÉah¢r with assoEiatsd protry llEnnin8 ¢oa$ such a¥ h¢atln8. All othcr &xpLbttses
relauvely coKsi5¢eni the priwyear.
Th¢ Charity r¢ccived r¢5tric¢ed funds in Iheyear of£nil12024.. £nil}.
S¢at¢mf vt ofTrust¢es' Rupopsfbillll
Thc Iru&lc¢8, Ivho ar¢ Also Uie dir¢¢iors of Gmup for il)¢ Rootless of Wotford IG.R.O.W.) for lh¢ puvpo$¢ of cornpany llliv, a
r¢$pon$lbl¢ for prcparin8 thc Trnsiees. Rep￿ and the oc¢outhts in aE¢ord*o¢¢ iviih Rpplicahle law United Kingdom A¢¢ountlng
Siandoi'd$ (Unit¢d Kln8dom Genernlly Acc¢w￿ Acwwiling Pr4ffli¢¢l.
Coniplliiy law rcquirLS (he tn151ees 10 prepor¢ a¢¢oiints for ¢4ch firbancial >cHr, which Bivc a Irue and fairvlew of the Slot¢ of alTDlr6
of lh¢ ¢hurilabl¢ wmpany of rhe in¢omin8 r¢SoUrc￿ ond 8ppll¢*iion of r¢source4 including the in¢om¢ ¢Xp¢ndliU￿ or
IIIL charilablL compony fw lh￿ year.
In prtpiritsg thes¢ llccount& the 1ry51¢u gre r¢quiwJ rc*
S¢l¥¢L$uiityblr i¢¢ouniin8 poli¢ies Dnd therb apply them con&strnily.
Ob$¢rv¢ lh¢ mEthods And Pr1D￿pIes in the Chariiies SORP,.
Mak¢ jud8cm¢nts llnd estimat¢s thai are wsonable ond wudrt.
P￿Pare the ac¢ounLS on die8oln8rfon¢crn b￿lsUn1￿5 it ts inapwateto presume ihot Iho Mmpany wlll coNinu¢
in ￿lnes*
The INsi¢¢s xr¢ r¢$poDsible f¢Jr krtpiDg woper accoun(ing ttcords which dis¢105E. Ivlth Teasonttble J¢thJracy ai any 1Sin#, Ihv
finan¢iol POSilioD of lh¢ Co￿panY and to enable Ihem 10 ensure the accounis hav¢ b¢cn Fffoperlv pr¢p¥d In B¢¢ordon¢¢ willi thc
provlsitsn5 Dfihc Companic5 Aci 2(#)6. They ore 81$0 rtsportsible for sllfegvarding th¢ asms of th¢ rDmpany ar*1 knce for iokin8
reasonsible sty for ihr prwrntion d¢l¢rtion orrr4￿1 and sAher iTreRulariiie&
RcmuneNtloM Ptsllty
The HoNtel nteds to r¢¢rui14nd rdain sthff with 4 wide r￿ge of5kills. As a rel*iv¢ty small organisation working In
speuialist field. 1¢ n¢¢ds ¢0 b¢ l¢d by ¥thrrwho have Speciali￿ knowledse in ihe relevani fields combivd with orgDllisaiional
d bu5in¢s5 ¢¥P¢rtise. The same benefi￿ including pthsion& A￿lY io all ￿aff. The ¢h￿[Y doe5 not appl), any perfomiant
relgLttI pay and does have J b(MJu5 s¢h¢m¢.

GROI]P FOR THE ROOTLfi SS OF WAITORD IG.RO.W.)
Trust¢e$'(Dlre¢tors') Annual Report
For they¢ar¢nd¢d 30 Sept¢ml)er 2025
JJ¢EiI #ndAdministrntlv¢lMformiitio
The Group For The Rocrtl¢%s OL Waiford (13.R.Q.W) 14 limited by andTrsas no SI￿re capitxl.
Noije oFih£ Iru5tees hav￿ wiy b¢n¥fi¢ial illtL*rcst in componv. Thetntslees yre die$ole ineinbcrs of rh¢ thjrnpany
tocDntributc £1 in th¢ ¢v¢nt of 3 wiThling up.
LOJ1PA￿YJs j￿gISter￿ dtsrily uThdLY the Cltoriiies 2011 amthiedlorthe Cbariiies A¢1 ?. withr¢gistration n￿Mb¢r
293717.
R¢5erYes Pobcy
T)1# I'rustees h￿e estAbli5hcd a poli¢y to Tnain¢￿]n reserves at a l¢v¢l thfvt wotslcl enable the sen4cc io continue (o qjeraie should
fviidittg and other soutces of inconie be tkw¢a¢¢n¢(5 (govenurttnt tundins or htsusi1i8 benefi4 for exampl¢). It ks dso tt *trut￿8). to
IIi¢v¢ 5Utrici¢ni resi'rvL% fu LrL4ur¢ ¢li¢Ats tan b# r4hi)us¢d should ¢iTCilI)i8iaRci￿ dictate tbe cloyttre 01. oll¥ ot. Ill￿ l)OitsLS. eidiwr
letnporarily or p¢rnianently. #nd linaoee a 51rs¢¢gy of obtait)illB l￿dItIOn￿l 4iC¢0TtLThodati￿I suppl) lon8-1¢rn1 lea&&4. The
reserves are consid¢re41 sufficieni by di¢ Trnstees w ¢ov¢r The risks the chsrity fa¢c$ and thc d¢iFelopmertr tha dwity wishgs 10
udert&L 8iYLn its stTai¢gi¢ Iiin)s (rcputtsiion alld iutlu¢nrfy quaiiiy of suppon off¢r¢d and $overJ]Riice).
UJue*TlCtcd rcsCn'¢S at 30 S¥piLmber 2Q25 omuunied to £575.018 (2024- £471.394) aKd reslriGt¢d rtt%erk￿ at 30 6¢piwThbcr
?02$ gmouni¢d to £7.198 (2024: £9.812). The tTUStces Lonsider the5c r¢¥uILS io be slltisf2¢ttsry in lin¥ i%ryth thcir polictr .?iid
expectatioDS.
Trnste¢s
tn15E¥Ys, who ore 21w ihe dlrccl0￿ for ihL PWPL)K' o£¢0mp￿Y low, ond who servld durin¥ IhL y¢w, Thwre asfolloi%%.'
Richml B￿ll¢r
CluisLoplKr13rook$
B¢alc
ri&x¢mptlon Statcmcllt
Til¢ Acco￿￿t$11￿1,t been prLpared in aK0rd0Th￿ M4tli ￿1¢ speckaj proFiSlaJ￿ for Slnllll companies under IS of ihe LoMpanI￿.4¢1
?oo&
ror rittarn¢l￿ y¢aT ¥nda 30 SLPtember 2025. Lli¢ ¢ompany w9$ entitl¢d to ¢xottiplioll frDm audit under ￿¢110￿ 477 oFthe
CosDponics Act ?006 relatin& ¢0 smoll rollLpllnitt5.
By Order ofthv BDard
ChTi5ttsplier Brouks-'rn￿¢¢e and Dirn4ctor
Date..

GROIIP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD IG.RO.W.)
Independent Examiner's Report to the Tru5¢ees
For the year ¢nd¢d 30 Septernber 2025
Independent examiner's rewjrt to the truste￿ of Group for the Rootle55 Df WAtfDrd (G.RO.W) Charitable Compahy
Vtbe CompAlby'I
¢ I'epoit io Ili¢ GhJrity ¢rusLed% on our ekanjinatioii of Ilie accounts of Ihe chariiv for th¢y¢ai ¢ndcd 30 Seplcmb¢r 202).
Respon51bllitles and ba515 of rqjort
As the cha￿tY IrUS￿¢S oftlic Company {aDd ulso its diretiors for the purposgs ol Company laiv)J YOU OT¢ KsponsTbl¢ foT th¥
PTepardtion L)fihe sccouiits tn a¢¢ordance willi ili¢ r¢quir¢m¢n15 of th¢ Comi?aTii&¥ Aci 20(￿ {'Ihe 2LX16 Aci'l.
Flaviiig E&tisfi¢d outselve5 that (he accounts of the Comp$ny are not N'quircd to bc audiicd undcrPart 16 of the 2006 Aci ond
oi'¢ eligiblt for inderKndent tYamina(ion. Ive report in resp¢￿ Df our ¢x&ininalioiJ of youi. cliarity's accounts a5 Ca￿led out linder
sc¥tion 145 ot th¢ Chariiie5 Act 201 l uin¢nd¢d for Ilie Chttrilitts Aci 20221.the ?al l ACVI. IM carrying out our ¢¥ainrnaiion, Iv¢
hd¥e follL)wed Ille Directions Biiren by the Cliarity Cuinnii55ion under seciion 14515) Ibl of di¢ 2011 Aci.
Independent exarnlner 5 Stite[￿e￿l
cc thc Company's gross inrome exceeded £?50,000, sour ¢xamiThcr Lnust bo a m¢mb¢r of a body li51¢d in 5E¢tion 145 of the
2011 AL(. We confim ihu( li'e are qualifi¢d to undertak¢ lh¢ ￿3mL￿aLl0￿ becau$e l ain a niember of the AssociaiLOD ofstDiidard
a TrrtLied Accountant& ivhiLh is onc of the listed bodies.
e havc complcied oiir ¢xamiiiutioii. W¢ ¢onfLm tha¢ no mÉtters IJAve conie to our atLcntion in CODne¢tion with the
amlTlkilion giving us ¢8vs¢ to believe:
ccouiitlng Ircords iv¢r¢ not kept irt rK%pect of the Companv as required by scction 386 of the 2006 Au- or
'he aLLounis do ttol ?ccor(l ivith thDse record5. or
ht aeeourtts do noL ¢ompl} Thiili th¢ accoiinting r¢quii'em¢nts of 5¢cEion 396 of thE 2006 A¢¢ ￿hLr thtsn ¥Lny r¢quirenierti iliai
lh¢ qbcounl% givv a'lTue and f#¥i view iYhiLh is noi a maitw corL%id¢red us purt ofun independent examinatiott. thr
h¢ accounts IMI'¢ Dot bc¢n prLPAred iii accordaiicc willi tlie inciliods and priiiciples oftlic Stat¢mcnt of RcconiiHcnd
IlxciiLe l()r accoutiiing and reporiing by cl)ariti¢s applicable to ch&rilies prepai'iiig IhEir aBcoullts in accordancc iviih (h¢
FiDanci*l RtP0111ng Startdard opplicable in the UK and RLpublic of Ireland IFRS I O?).
hAv¢ iio toneerns httve coine across no othtr maiicrs in connection ivith Ihc cyaminarion io which attention sh￿Id b¢
draiin in Ihis report in order 10 enable a proper und¢rstundiiig of Ili¢ octounl$ 10 l)e re2¢hed.
Vuv81 S#lomi
For aiid on behalf of ArtemA Llmfjte￿ Independent Examlntr

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD (C.RO.W.)
Statement Or￿nancIal Acdvld¢s
For the year endEd 30 Septe￿ber 2025
Notrs Unre5ththd
Funds
Re5thcied
Funds
2025
Total Funds
UnT&WiCted
Funds
Incoming R￿O￿TC
Gen¢rai¢d funds
Charitable aciivili
Other income
29.943
64D.695
2,425
29.943
64Q695
2.425
55&66
4,47
Totai Incoming Resou￿¢5
673,063
673.063
590.17
Resources Expended
Cost of choritabl¢ ￿¢iViLi¢S
Oiher resources ex￿￿Ed
557,418
12,022
1614
560.032
12.022
519.56
16,40
Tota] Resources Expended
569,440
2.614
572.054
535,96
Ne(MovcmenL8 in Funds
103.623
(2.6141
101,010
54.20
Reconeiliation ofFurLds Total
Funds ai l October2024
471,394
9.812
481,206
417.18
Net Movement in funds
103,623
12.614)
ioi.010
582,216
54.20
Total FuzJd5 at 30 September 2025
575.018
7.198
471,39
IbB ￿tr￿￿oI of fJnwGial aalvill￿ inGiud¢s all th¢8ain5 and105s¢s [￿OgniSed ￿ the year. All income and eyndityre is derived from coniinuin8 activilir
The nole&onpages8 10 13fvrniptsri ofihs¥g tKcow

GROUP FOR THE RCK)TLESS OFWATFORD {GKO.W.)
CoMp￿Y Nffjllber. 019803n
CbarityNomber:293717
As at30 Soptember2025
FiKcd Asyets
Tangible Assets
12
31?457
301250
CuTr¢ntAssets
13
58.008
C&8h at ID band
'th3J16
313938
218,951
Creditors:
Amoiints fallittgdue ￿thin on¢ y
14
(44.179)
(29249)
lyd ¢urr¢llt Mssets
269.759
189.688
Total wsets1¢ss tqrTeDt ￿8b￿l
58L?16
491.938
CMIlto￿.
Atllounts falling after ￿Orethan one year
(10,73?)
581216
481.206
ReserY¢s
IlnrestrA¢ted Itheom¢FMtsds:
ULirestrictcdFw
D¢signatedF
18
18
525.018
iO.000
4?1,394
50.OfJO
575,018
471,394
Restiicted Incojlle Fvud5.'
RestridedFurvJs
18
7,198
9.81?
T￿al funds
4%
Th¢ Compllny is ¢niid¢d to extyion from audltundersea1￿ 4T1 ofthe ComppniesAd 2006fortheyearended 30 SeptembEr
202).
The membEf5 have not nquiicd cowy to (*Jtain ￿ a￿11 ofils f￿￿la1 ststcm￿ts for theyeor ended 30 Swcmber
inaccordance with Section 476 of thc Comwies Act 2(￿.
Th¢ directorsgrknowl*elh¢irwonsibilitiestr.
(a) ¢nswing that the wn]￿y￿etps accouDkn8 records vthith qymply with Sections 386 attd 387 of the CompaniesAct
20(hS and
(b) pretoring fuMThcial thtemenls whith give atroE atld fair view of the stai¢of affairs of the corllpany &$ at the end
oleath fuwicial year atml ofits surplus or d¢fKii for ca¢h fmancial year accordance iTrith Ihe tequirenients of
Sections 394 and i95 and Ivhich ￿berWise comply ivith the requirnettls of the ConJpanie5 Act ?￿6 r¢laiin8
nanc￿1 Statemen￿ so faras aFg1icabl¢ to th¢ mmpani".
The fthancial 5thteme4Rts have beenpepared io xcordallcewith the Pr￿1$10￿59[F￿I 15 ofth¢CompJmies 2006 Tclating to
STnall co￿panIC$.
These accou
thebosrdon....
Christopi)er Bro
teeand DireLtor
Th¢nOI￿OnF0g&r 81? J3fonvFwl ofihu¢ar¢(Mo*s.

GROUP FOR THK ROOTLESS OFWATFORD IG.ILO.W.)
Notes for￿illg p&rt Df the Accounts
For theyear ended 30 Stptember2025
PrintlpalAeeountlng Polleles
Company Inforniatlon
Group for thc Rootless of Watford is a private coinpany limited by guardntee incorpordtcd in England and Wales. The
registered office is ai 36 Rickmansworth R02d, Watford, Hcrtford5hire, WD18 7HT.
A¢¢oulltlng Convention
The accoun15 have becn prepared under the historical c05t convention, thE StateTnenl of REcotnrnended Praciice
accounting and i'tPDrling by Chartties in accordance with the Financial Reptsrting Sthrtdard applicable io the UK aiid
R¢publi¢ ofIreland IFRS 102), thecompanies Act 2006, and Ihe Chamiies Aci 2011, amended Corthe Charities Acl2022.
The accounts include the resulis ofthe chjrity's operdtions which are described in the Trust¢es' Annual R¢port.
The financial statements are prepared in Sterling. whlch Is the fijnctsond currency ofthe company. Moncthry atnounts in
Ihesc financial siatemenl$ are rounded Lo the ne8re51 pound.
Going Concern
The Irustces have ￿l0￿ed ¢h¢ going wn¢¢m basis of accounting in preparing the flnan¢ial a*em¢nts: Ihe Ttw*ees are
S&li5fi¢d th¢ Charity has sutricient res¢rves and access ￿ ihe fjnancial support necessar). to meet working ¢2PiLal
requlremenis and enable rhe charity (o rernain in operational existence foi the foreseeable futu￿.
Intomlng Resourc¢s
Toial incoming resourc&s. ￿ shown in thc Statcmeni of Financial Activities, are the turnover of the charity and comprise
the value Df fees, grants and donation5 receivable in the ordinary cours¢ of activities, iogerher with grants receivable in
the year. Housing benefits are Claimed on b¢half ofthe hostel residents. Other incoming reso)Jrc¢s include bank inierul
received.
Resourtes Exptnd¢
Bxpcnditure is attounied for on an a¢¢wals basis, r¢¢o8nised ivhen a liability is incuTrcd, and clas5ifiEd under hpadings
that aggr¢ga¢e all ¢0518 rela￿d to the category. When CD5ts cannol bc direcily allribuicd tts a heading, they have been
allocated to activitie5 on a basi5 consisient with ihe use of resource5.
Cash #nd Cash EqulvAlents
Cash and cash equivalellts are basic flnancial assElS a￿d include cash in h￿d, deposits held with bank5 and othershort
telrn liquid invesiTnenES wilh maiurities of ¢lir¢¢ months or1¢5S.
BASIC F5nanclal Assets
Basic financial assets, which includc debtOT5 and cash and bank balances, are initially measured aL transaction price
including trdn5aclion cost and are subsequerttly carried ai amortised ¢os¢ using ih¢ effective irtieresi m￿hOd unless
the a￿angemellt constitutes a financing tTan5action, Whe￿ the transa¢lion is measur¢d at th¢ pr¢s¢ni valu¢ of lh¢
fu[u￿ r¢¢eipts discounted a¢ a market rate of Interest. Flnanclal asse(s classified as receivable within one-year are
noi amortised.
Basic Financial LiAbiliti
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and ballk 108ns, are inili&lly rccogniscd al transaction pricc unless the
amgement ¢onsiitut¢s a finan¢ing transw¢ion, wh¢re th¢ debi instrument is measured at th¢ pres¢ni valu¢ of Ihe fu(ur¢
receipis discounted at amarkei rate of lnie￿S1. Financial liabilities CI￿lfIed as payable within oneyearare not amoriised.
DcprE£iRtion
Tangible ￿se1$ are stated at cost les5 depreciation. Deprcciation 15 provided at rates calculated to WTiiC down the c05t,
less estimated residual value, of all tangible fixed assets ovEr their exp¢¢ted usefvl liv# as follows '.
Freehold pi'oper(y
not depreciated
Freehold in]provements- noi depre¢ia*d
Leasehold irnprDvetnents
- over the lease I¢TTh
Fixtur¢5. fiitings and equipmmt - 3 y¢ars straight lin¢
The frcehold prDPCrty is not deprtciated, rtprcsenting a departurc from the Financial Reporting Standard applicablc to thc
UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 1021 and Companies Act 2￿6. which require all thngible asse¢s to be depTe¢iated. The
freehold property i5 nol depreciatrd Dn the gTounds tha¢ ihe residual value is Consid¢￿d to be equal io or higher than the
¢0*. md dep￿¢latIOn would b¢ wholty immalerial. Annual impaimEnt IEviews are carried out to substari(iate the value
held in ihe aecounLS.

GROUP FOR THEROOTLE&S OFWATFORD (G.ILO.W.)
Notes formlng pArt of the Accounts
For the yvar ¢nded30 September 2025
PrincipalA¢¢ouudng Poll￿￿ {¢ontinvedl
Le%%es
Rentsi Und￿ opeNin8 leLses and the paymentsmade undtr them a]t thatgtsl to the s￿t￿lent ofFinancial
ActiviLiE5 on a 5trdight-line ba515 overth¢ lease ¢emi.
Employee bett¢r
Temiinption benefits are recognised immediatrly asan exptswiwhen the company is demonstrably commttted to
Icrminalc th¢ employmeni of ary employ¢e or ioprovid¢ternJination b¢nefit
Penslons
A defined ixnefits pension scheme is (yerated by Hcrtford5hire Counry CDuncil and The Pension Peopl¢ on behaifofth¢
ernployces of the ¢hari¢y. Th¢ ￿$¢ts of th¢ ￿h¢rn¢5 are held Separa￿lY from those of (he company in independently
tdmini*tted furtd&
Contributions are Charged to the swtem¢nt of financial a￿]VitieS &4 they fail du& ThE HErtford5hire County Council
pen5iCn 5chettLe rs cutTently in a sllrplus tK)siuoll- hoiv¢vw, due to a nurnbcr of uncertainties regarding ihe fu¢ure
recoverability ofthe &sset, it has not been recognised as ￿dI in these accounts. Due to the ¥aJplw on the rkn5ion scheme,
(he chariry is noi requir¢d to make any fi]rthcrrontrtbviio￿￿
UDrestrKt¢d funds
Unrestricted fi]nds are th05c which aTe VTlltstriC￿ and are available for use ai the diSC￿lOn of (he Trustees in ihe
furtherance Df the g¢nEral objective of the cbatity aT￿ ￿h￿Ch bave noi been desi8naLcd forother purt*)scs.
Dtsignated fund5
Designaied funds comprise unrtstricted fi]nds that have tKen5et85idcby the tTuAecs for particular purpose& The aim
and use of each d&signated fi]nd is sct out in the noks ￿ the accoun
Rutritted fwids
Restricted ￿ndS comprise dG%ignatcd funds that have been 5c( aside by the donors for rArticular purpos&%. The airn and
use of ib¢ rtsvicied fijnds are s& wi in the TIUS*e￿ Re[￿￿L
Governmtnt Grnnts
Govemment grdnts arc rccagnised at the fair value olthe ￿(c1ved or receivable when there 15 r¢a50nllble
assurdn¢e th￿ th¢ gram condilions will and the8rants will be received.
A grant that specifits perfomjance ￿ndIti￿S is re¢ognis¢d in income when the perfornia￿e condiiions atr mei. Where
a grani does notspecify perf0rniancec0nditior￿. iti5 rccogni5ed in income Wh￿ the proceeds are received orrecEivabl
A grant rcceivcd bcforc the recoeniuon critcria are satisfied is reco8nised &5 a Itabiliy.
Etllploytes
Th¢toial averd8¢ nUrnb￿ of employe¢5 duriDgth¢ r¢r*wtingwiod am9￿ted to412024.. 41
Thrnover
Thc incorne and operating surplu5 lor the year wa5 dvivcd thc mpauy's principal adiwty and ari5¢5 sule]y in the
Unitrd Kingdom.
In£oming r¢50urr¢s from g¢Thcr*trd
fun
Total
2025
TotAI
21n4
Funds
Funds
Re5idtnt Contril￿tiOn
29.943
29,943
27,035

GROUP FOR THE RoOTL￿s OF WATFORD (G.R(KW.)
Notes forrni)kg pArt of the AtCOllDts
For the y¢8r ended 30 Sep¢ember202S
Ineome from tharttable &cdvitits
Unrestritted
Fullds
Rt5trsctvJ
Total
2025
Total
2024
Hou5illg benefit
Supportingpeople
U￿r￿tri￿¢d don*ionsYeceived
m￿lIand injst
627,485
627.485
550,605
13211
13.211
8.(h51
64Q695
640.695
55&666
Othtr £neomlnE r¢sourtts
Restrltted
Fujds
Total
2025
Fvnd5
2024
Bank in￿￿tTe¢¢IVed
2,425
2,42)
4,478
4,478
Expenditure o) tharttable ae¢lvlll¢s
UnTe5trKteil
Fund5
R¢strict¢d
Fund5
To¢al
2025
Totwl
FIK)d and hrmjsekeeping
Light al￿ heat
IttsUT2nte
Repaits and main*[w￿¢
Staff costs p¢n&ons
Reni and Nes
Telephon¢ charg
Computerc05Ls
Travel and rn0lorcx￿ll5cS
Legal and prof¢55ional ftt5
Doubtful debts Irecovere4yprov>si4N)
Mai¢land tr￿sle￿pens¢S
Depreeiaiion
Postag¢. prillting and stati(
14.256
52,769
6.717
41,160
257.607
157.423
4,788
954
1.446
7,023
7,449
14256
52,769
A717
41.160
7.607
157,423
4,788
954
49,018
4.077
48,552
248,?40
138,207
4,210
538
.303
7,402
4.099
1.300
9,406
7.023
7.449
2,614
4,019
1.807
614
4.019
1,807
557.418
2.614
560,032
520.867
Other resourte5 expensed
Rtstrfcted
Funds
Tot
Z025
Total
20Z4
Bookkeeping fees
AccountaE)cy ftts
Bank ch￿g£
Loan interest
Oih¢r inltrcst
&118
L450
7,361
6,044
36
1961
2,450
l J64
12,022
io-

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OFWATFORD IG.RO.W.)
Notes formiDg part of the Atcounts
For the year ended 30 5epternber 2025
St¥ff co$ts 2nd ￿￿￿711￿
Unre5tricttd
FU￿d5
Restricted
Fund5
Tothl
2025
Total
Wage5 and salvi
Pension cosLs
Social security costs
StatTtraining
244731
1,235
6,030
1,610
248,731
1,23)
6,030
1,610
240,129
1,231
7,040
341
257,607
2S7 607
248 740
The ¢harity hjd no ¢mploy¢e5whos¢ total employee benefits (ex¢ludin8 ¢mploy¢r pension Costs)
¢x¢eeded £60.000 during the r¢porting period {2024.' none).
The avcrase Dutnber of emplDy¢e5 duNDg ihe year, calculated Dn the basi5 Df full-lime equivalents, w&s
follows:
2025
Number
2024
NuKnbei'
AdrninislrdtDTS
Support Workers. ProjectWo￿trs0￿d Trea(tnetJ( Leade
10
Tax OR surplu5 on ordinary activiti
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within scthion 505 of the T￿eS Act 1988 or seciion 252 ofthe
Taxation Df Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied ¢0 IL5 ¢harriiable DbjECts.
Trustees
None ofihe iNstees (orarty persons conrtected with them) received any r¢rnun¢rdtion during theyear or any
expenses. The￿ have becn no related peity transactions in iheyear.
12
T¥tngible Assets
Fr¢¢hold
Frtrhold
Property Improvements
Leasehold
Improvements
Fittings and
Equlpment
Total
Cosl
At l October 2024
Additions ij) the year
A130 September2025
290,290
7.540
79,￿2
70,375
13.293
447.207
290 290
460 501
DepTeciaiion
Al l October 2024
Charge for the year Al
30 Sepiember2025
79.002
65.9)5
3,086
69,041
144,957
3,085
79.002
Net book value
AI 30 S¢p*mber 2025
Ai JO September2024
29
29
7.54
302,250

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD (G.ILO.W.)
Notes forming part of the Accounts
For the yellr endEd 30 Seplemblr 21ll5
13
D¢btur5
202S
2024
Pr¢paiTh#n
At¢Tual tneome
R¢ni d¢posii
Advanc¢s
Oihttdebtors
Traded¢btot5
1.433
1.359
20.500
20.500
7.231
l.D73
27.846
24689
50,622
58.009
14
CT¢ditOT5: A￿[bUnt5 filliNgdu¢ivilbiN on¢y¢¥r
2025
2024
Ti-dde Crcdrlors
Ballk loan instalm¢nts15ccurd)
Oth¢ri&N￿ and s(xial securilv
Ac¢nI￿$ and dvfeTred inC0￿e
4.452
9,470
3219
19.100
7,450
6.126
16,728
4,645
1,750
16
OthercrediloTS
44.179
29.249
Credltors- f*ll1￿&d￿t lfttrmott tbx
on¢y¢ar
2025
2024
Bank insthlmenrs Iseojruil
l6
10.732
Bank L0211
StLwed loanTepayableby tnonthl> inSthimen￿endingMor¢h 202
2￿25
2024
Amouiit lalline due williin thje year
Amottni fallingdu¢ aft¢rmorEIIwi oncy¢
9.470
16.728
10.732
9.47D
27.460
Th¢bank loan i5secur¢il by way ofa charEeover freehold land ahd prernis¢s w 30Prin¢¢s AvcnUe.Wa￿ts[d.H¢rtfQrdShJrL
WD187R&
12-

GROUP FOR THE ROOTLESS OF WATFORD IG.ILO.W.)
Notcs formlng part of tht Accounts
For the ytir ended 30 September202S
17
Financlal Cowmitin¢ntN
Ai 30 Sepicnil7¢r 2025 111¢ compans, had antjual Loininilincnts uiidcr iiuJi.&￿ccl]￿b1t Dpef21ing le&%e% as follo￿.
frnp¢rty
2025
2024
Fxpiry dote-
Within ones'e
B¢tw%n anJ fiv¢ y¢urs
41.0
28,910
4L.000
69.910
69.910
18
RfSeryC5
loyem¢nt
ITr the ye8r
BalaDttAt3D
Sepietnber
202S
l October
2024
Unre51ricled fvnds
Reslri¢led funds
471.394
9,812
103,623
{1614)
575,018
7.598
481,206
ioi,oio
582.216
Dcstgnaled ￿l￿SaMOUn1 10 £50.000 i$at30 5¢1)¢ETDb¢r 2025 1?024.. £50.TrJD). Unres(ricted funds
w¢rL £i?5.018 12024.. £421,394).
19
Called Up Sh4rc Capi¢al
The compan), hns no sliii rc Capital aJ]d 15 lijnitcd by guar8ntec. UndLr tlit proi'isions of the ¢oinpatJy's Mcmorandum or
Assouiation. t￿h meiknher ivould l)e T¢quired to ¢oniribui¢ a sum n()t exceeding £1 fvr th¢ payin¢Trt of Ihe debis of ili¢
¥onip4iiy in th¥ ev¢nt ol'dcficicncy olasscls on a ii'inding up oft112 LQTnpany.
20
Ctrntrol
Th¢ chaTlti hpsbeen coiilrolled tlvoughoui tlieyear by ihe ItU51c¢
13-

GROUP FOR THE RO(yfLKSS OF WATFORD (G.TLO.W.)
Detalled fncome and Expenditure Account
For theyear ended 3DSeptember 2025
2025
2024
Intomi￿R Ruoure
Intomltt£ resourtts from Etnér&ted
Residcnl contribution
Imcoming ruoureufrorn oharit•ble attlvitlt
Housing b¢n¥fi¢
Supportiiig pwplc
Gran15 & donatior￿ rccei%rd
Maill#nd
627,485
550,605
13211
8,061
Othgr In¢omiDg ruoDtc
Int¢r¢sl received
Total Ineomlng Resouretj
14?5
4.478
RtJovrrc¥ Exp¢DdL
Ch*rltoble Aetlvttl
Wag¢¥ and sul•ri¢s
Socithl sccurily fAX
Pension
Sioff Irainin
Adv¢rti%in8
R¢nl ondTO*S
Insuron¢¢
LIBhi and h¢a¢
RepaiTsand mainteM￿e
Posiu8c, prlniitt8 and wion
T¥l¢phvnv
Cowpui¥f costs
Tr8v¢llingw¢s
Le841 professlonal ¢osts
Doubiful debi provision
Food and housekeeping co*$
Sundry txpcndilurc
Muiiland Irusi ￿penS%5
Entertainment
Subscripiiorts
Depre¢ittioR of r]xlure4 fitliiy. and equi
248.731
6.030
1.235
1,610
240,129
7.040
341
157.4?3
6.717
32.769
41.16U
1.807
4,788
954
1.446
7.023
7.449
14,256
138,207
4.076
49.018
4&552
4.210
538
1303
7.40?
4,098
1614
1.3
933
3,085
560.032
595
8.811
OthEt r¢50urrH ¢xp¢od¢
Bookkeeplrtg ftes
Accoiinlancy fces
Bank C.h8r8es
Mongagc intercst
8,118
?,450
89
7.361
6,044
36
2.962
16,403
TotAI RuollreesExptttdcd
571053
537.270
Surplus for the year
This pa8e d(es rM)t f(m partofthe st*￿10ry ac¢wttts
14-