COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE
Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts
The accounts state that the charity realized a surplus in unrestricted funds of £19,756 for the year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees confirm that reserves of £782,605 are sufficient to cover 11.5 months of budgeted costs, exceeding their stated policy target of six months' running costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“The Board continues to strive to ensure that reserves of six months running costs are held at any time as per our policy”
Funders the charity credits
- The ACC Liverpool Group
- BHP
- Comic Relief
- Evelyn Partners
- Financial Planning Corporation
- Grosvenor
- Hill Dickinson
- Jamie Carragher
- Liverpool ONE
- Medicash
- Merseyside Police & Crime Commissioner
- Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership
- MHA
- Peel Ports Group
- The Momentum Group
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/03/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (03/06/2021)
- Received assets from another charity (03/11/2020)
- Received assets from another charity (26/03/2020)
- Received assets from another charity (12/11/2018)
- Received assets from another charity (26/06/2018)
Trustees
- William Wareingchair
- Andy Myers
- Donna Louise Howitt
- Nasima Bahadur Zaman
- Neil Welsh
- Philip Rooney
- Rajni Dev
- Ram Gupta
- Sarah Pickerill
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £4.4m | £5.0m |
| 31/03/2024 | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| 31/03/2023 | £4.9m | £4.1m |
| 31/03/2022 | £4.0m | £4.2m |
| 31/03/2021 | £7.4m | £6.9m |
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity realized a surplus in unrestricted funds of £19,756 for the year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees confirm that reserves of £782,605 are sufficient to cover 11.5 months of budgeted costs, exceeding their stated policy target of six months' running costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Beever and Struthers Chartered Accountants.
Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FOR LANCASHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE as a grant recipient include THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £100k |
| THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £100k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| MRS WATERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £410k |
| THE FOYLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £200k |
| THE JABBS FOUNDATION | 1 | £100k |
| THE AMATEURS TRUST | 1 | £90k |
| COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £70k |
| THE SIMON & ELIZABETH BATEY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £22k |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £20k |
| THE SWALLOW TRUST | 1 | £10k |