BETTER LIVES - STRENGTHENING INDEPENDENCE LTD

Registered charity 1070751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KNOWSLEY PENSIONERS ADVOCACY & INFORMATION SERVICE, KPAIS

Provision of advocacy services and support to enable the elderly in Knowsley to obtain their full rights and privileges as citizens.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY IN KNOWSLEY IN ANY MANNER DEEMED CHARITABLE IN LAW AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY SERVICES IN ORDER TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN HIS OR HER FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS A CITIZEN

Area of benefit: KNOWSLEY

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £9,303 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves of £5,025. While restricted funds remain positive at £53,593, the trustees note that the charity is in a relatively stable financial position with no unpaid debts. The going concern basis is adopted, though local authority funding is awarded on a year-by-year basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/08/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TOM BESTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ADELE WOOD
• Angela Cholet
• Ann Marie Crane
• KARL HART
• PAULINE WHITTAKER
• Susan Goodrum

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

Operates in: Knowsley

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).