SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES

Registered charity 1071552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPEKE GARSTON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT, SPEKE GARSTON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT LIMITED

Provide services, advocacy, outreach support, group support to women suffering the impact of domestic violence. Provide volunteer training course OCN accredited.

Objects

(I) TO RELIEVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN LIVING PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH LIVERPOOL BUT NOT EXCLUDING THE WIDER LIVERPOOL AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE(II) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE(III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CONVENIENTLY OR ADVANTAGEOUSLY CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSES (I) AND (II) ABOVE

Area of benefit: LIVERPOOL AREA

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

Latest income
£311k
Latest spending
£325k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £13,810 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £123,416 to £109,606. The trustees note that the charity relies significantly on restricted grant funding and that continued fundraising is essential to protect services. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £69,415, which is slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £70,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' running costs including salaries and potential redundancy costs (approximately £70,000) (reserves figure: £69k)
“The Trustees acknowledge that the ideal level of free reserves would represent three months' running costs including salaries and potential redundancy costs (approximately £70,000).” — page 13
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £116,508 — grants £116,508 (4); 37% of the £311,033 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £67,072 — grants £67,072 (4); 29% of the £234,713 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £84,800 — grants £84,800 (3); 42% of the £200,939 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SLDAS (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£311k£325k
31/03/2025£235k£211k
31/03/2024£201k£206k
31/03/2023£176k£168k
31/03/2022£114k£82k

Common questions

Is SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £13,810 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £123,416 to £109,606. The trustees note that the charity relies significantly on restricted grant funding and that continued fundraising is essential to protect services. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £69,415, which is slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £70,000. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES as a grant recipient include ROSA FUND, LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROSA FUNDFY2024£25kStand With Us Fund
ROSA FUNDFY2023£25kStand With Us Fund
LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICESFY2022£19kThe Ellie Trust

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2024£400kSouth Liverpool Domestic Abuse Services
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2019£10kSouth Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service
UK government01/01/2019£8kTampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2012£265kTargeted Domestic Violence Community Support Project
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2006£9kOct-Dec Services for SGDVP

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOMESTIC ABUSE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES£311k—0unclear—no doubt
DOMESTIC ABUSE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£575k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE 2006 FY2025£443k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHERN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE FY2026£10.0m——within—no doubt
SOUTH WEST SURREY DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE FY2025£923k—0unclear—no doubt
INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025£7.8m——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.