SEFTON CHILDRENS TRUST

Registered charity 1016643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFTON CHILDRENS HOLIDAY FUND

Provides holiday/residential experiences for young people from families who are experiencing difficulties. We aim to build relationships, deliver educational and recreational programmes for personal and social development. We have parties, provide hampers, visit the pantomime and other theatre visits when possible.

Objects

TO PROVIDE HOLIDAYS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN THE SEFTON AREA OF MERSEYSIDE AND THEREBY ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO THAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit: SEFTON AREA OF MERSEYSIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £26,217 for the year ended 5 April 2026, bringing unrestricted reserves to £57,374. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £45,000, which is intended to cover venue hire costs if one-off grants are not forthcoming. The charity operates entirely on a voluntary basis with no paid staff or premises, keeping expenses minimal.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Chloe Huytonchair
• ADELE MADDOCKS
• Anna Patterson
• Annette Taylor
• Anona Kelly
• Calum Taylor
• Claire Bennett
• Kelly Dean-Sheekey
• Melanie Gillam
• NEIL MCCASKILL

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• CHILDREN'S RESPITE TRUST income £403k
• TREWAN SANDS CHILDREN'S TRUST income £207k
• FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD income £2.3m
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• THE CENTRAL SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL TRUST income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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