The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Stay Charity

Registered charity 1066948 Registered since 1997

Operates: Telford & Wrekin

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

3.1y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 11Economic/community Development/employment 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 9Health and social care 3Other services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021

31 from 28 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
17%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.staytelford.co.uk
Emailsophiepowell@staytelford.co.uk
Phone01952 291904
AddressMEETING POINT HOUSE, SOUTHWATER SQUARE, TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE, TF3 4HS

Finances

£2,178,693 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,723,261£1,625,115
2022£1,620,238£1,653,923
2023£1,642,449£1,631,217
2024£1,760,212£1,789,573
2025£2,178,693£1,667,112

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

5. The Charity’s objects are specifically restricted to the following: 5.1 The relief of poverty and the furtherance of education of those who are homeless by reason of adverse circumstances and who are in need of help in acquiring a settled way of life by:5.1.1 The provision of temporary accommodation;5.1.2 The provision of short-term accommodation;5.1.3 The provision of assistance in finding suitable longer term places to live; 5.1.4 The provision of education and training to help people who have been homeless to acquire the skills they need to rebuild their lives and become independent; and5.1.5 The provision of support and advice, including health and wellbeing services to promote better mental health and wellbeing.5.2 The relief of those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage in particular by (but not limited to):5.2.1 Promoting awareness of homelessness and its causes; and5.2.2 Providing support, advice and information to prevent homelessness.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/07/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2014 as amended on 11 Jun 2025 as amended on 11 Jun 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Stay Charity · 03471122 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/11/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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