Registered charity · Wigston
Action Homeless (Leicester) Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £5.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Susan BillingtonChair · since 2023
- Allison PeasgoodTrustee · since 2019
- Claire HurstTrustee · since 2017
- Felicity Jain Rhianna PleydellTrustee · since 2025
- Ian Christopher ChakravortyTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Timothy GallimoreTrustee · since 2024
- Neville John WilkinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Pravin ParmarTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and more
- Website
- www.actionhomeless.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Action Homeless (Leicester) Limited
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.0m£4.0m
- 2024£4.5m£4.0m
- 2023£4.0m£3.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.2m£3.9m
- 2021£3.4m£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY OR WHO, BY REASON OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES, ILL-HEALTH OR BY BEING A DISCHARGED OFFENDER, ARE IN NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE, BY THE PROVISIONS TO SUCH PERSONS OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION, HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION, CARE, TREATMENT OR OTHER ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE;4.2 TO EDUCATE SUCH PERSONS SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP FULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED;4.3 TO PROVIDE AND MANAGE SOCIAL HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER ACTIVITY CONNECTED WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO THE PROVISION OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION; AND4.4 TO USE ANY PROFIT OR SURPLUSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOMELESS OR OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.
Grants received
21 grants · £907,625 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £419,220 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £176,293 (5 grants)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £93,150
- LandAid Charitable Trust · £75,000
- BBC Children in Need · £62,564 (2 grants)
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Susan Billington Chair since 2023
- Allison Peasgood since 2019
- Claire Hurst since 2017
- Felicity Jain Rhianna Pleydell since 2025
- Ian Christopher Chakravorty since 2025
- Mark Timothy Gallimore since 2024
- Neville John Wilkinson since 2024
- Pravin Parmar since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Allison Peasgood since 2019
- Claire Hurst since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Susan Billington Chair since 2023
- Allison Peasgood since 2019
- Claire Hurst since 2017
- Felicity Jain Rhianna Pleydell since 2025
- Ian Christopher Chakravorty since 2025
- Mark Timothy Gallimore since 2024
- Neville John Wilkinson since 2024
- Pravin Parmar since 2022
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
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 702230
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1989 AND AMENDED ON 23 OCTOBER 2003. AS AMENDED ON 29 NOV 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 JUN 2019 as amended on 30 Nov 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 02422130 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01162211851 · info@actionhomeless.org.uk
- 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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