Registered charity · Essex
Homeless Action Resource Project
- 10 trustees
- Income £10m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael RaffanChair · since 2021
- Alexander BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Ann ClarkTrustee · since 2025
- Helen McdonaldTrustee · since 2024
- Iain CampbellTrustee · since 2016
- Ian MartinTrustee · since 2025
- Joanne TierneyTrustee · since 2025
- Lilias Davidson FeltonTrustee
- Michael Eric NevinTrustee · since 2020
- Peter Nigel ThornTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Rough Sleeping Rapid Assessment Hub & Outreach / InReach Service
Southend-on-Sea City Council has awarded a contract for the provision of a Rough Sleeping Rapid Assessment Hub and Outreach/Inreach Service, funded through the Government's Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI). The service will provide a minimum…
About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Southend-on-sea
- Website
- www.harphomeless.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Homeless Action Resource Project
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£10m£9.5m
- 2024£9.1m£7.6m
- 2023£6.1m£5.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.9m£4.9m
- 2021£5.7m£4.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONGST HOMELESS PEOPLE:BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION SERVICE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AS DEFINED BY S.68 OF THE HOUSING AND REGENERATION ACT 2008 (HRA) AND ANY OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING, SOCIAL HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION FOR SUCH PEOPLE.BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PEOPLE. BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN IT, SELF-HELP AND SOCIAL SKILLS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PEOPLE.
Grants received
30 grants · £1,675,684 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £834,681 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £306,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £200,000 (2 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £181,076 (20 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £150,000
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Michael Raffan Chair since 2021
- Alexander Brown since 2024
- Ann Clark since 2025
- Helen Mcdonald since 2024
- Iain Campbell since 2016
- Ian Martin since 2025
- Joanne Tierney since 2025
- Lilias Davidson Felton
- Michael Eric Nevin since 2020
- Peter Nigel Thorn
Trustees past 6 years
- Iain Campbell since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alexander Brown since 2024
- Ann Clark since 2025
- Helen Mcdonald since 2024
- Iain Campbell since 2016
- Ian Martin since 2025
- Joanne Tierney since 2025
- Lilias Davidson Felton
- Michael Eric Nevin since 2020
- Peter Nigel Thorn
Portfolio (1)
- Michael Raffan Chair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1098126
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/06/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/12/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/06/2012 as amended on 09 Dec 2019 as amended on 17 Feb 2020 as amended on 08 Dec 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04566985 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01702615000 · admin@harphomeless.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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