WEST LANCASHIRE CRISIS AND INFORMATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1064270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides benefit for persons in West Lancashire by the provision of temporay accommodation for persons who are in conditions of need, hardship and distress.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE (WITHOUT DISTINCTION WHETHER BY OR OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEFS OR OPINIONS) FOR PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS TO:-(1) PROVIDE SOCIAL HOUSING, HOUSES OR HOSTELS OR TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OF ANY DESCRIPTION AND ANY ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND SERVICES;(2) PROVIDE SERVICES, ADVICE OR ASSISTANCE TO THOSE PERSONS HOUSED BY THE CHARITY OR WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP;(3) PROVIDE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH MATTERS;(4) PROVIDE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR PERSONS IN CHARITABLE NEED;(5) RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS IN CHARITABLE NEED;(6) PROVIDE, FACILITATE OR ADVANCE EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE OR PROVIDING OR FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE OR FOR OTHERS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT;(7) PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS THROUGH HELP (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(8) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(9) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(10) THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE;(11) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME;(12) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: WEST LANCASHIRE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general funds stood at £930,996, which is slightly below the charity's stated reserves policy target of approximately six months of annual expenditure. Despite this, the trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alexander Myerson & Co Limited. Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03383296

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CONNELL, Stella Marie — director, appointed 20/08/2024on trustee list
• HUGHES, Dawn Louise — director, appointed 10/06/2022on trustee list
• LOWEY, Helen — director, appointed 09/11/2021on trustee list
• KERSHAW, Alan Mark — director, appointed 23/07/2014not on trustee list
• OWENS, Adrian Edward — director, appointed 06/09/2007on trustee list
• HODGSON, Elizabeth Dianne — director, appointed 09/06/1997on trustee list
• CONNELL, Stella Marie — secretary, appointed 18/10/2007

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £215k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: West Lancashire Crisis and Information Centre — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH DIANNE HODGSONchair
• Adrian Edward Owens
• Alan Mark Kershaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAWN LOUISE HUGHES
• Helen Lowey
• MICHAEL WILLIAM HODGSON
• Stella Marie Connell

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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