INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED

Registered charity 1073291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE

We support the long term recovery and reintegration of the most socially excluded members of society across Merseyside. We provide individually tailored packages to assist with re-entry into mainstream activities such as employment, education, or voluntary work. This is all delivered on a one-to-one basis to ensure that every individual can achieve a positive outcome shaped by them.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE LONG TERM REHABILITATION OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO THEIR FAMILIES;3. THE PREVENTION OF DEPENDENCE ON DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES;4. THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE DANGERS OF DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES AND CONSTRUCTIVE MEANS OF DEALING WITH SUCH DANGERS;FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY. AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,246 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £307,839 to £305,593. The trustees maintain that the charity remains in a position to meet its short-term liabilities as they fall due, with unrestricted funds of £288,768 held against a reserves policy target of 3 to 6 months of operating costs. The organization is funded primarily through grants and donations, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Shields · trustee of 2 other charities
• BARRY CANNING EATON
• NIGEL EDMUND BELLAMY · trustee of 4 other charities
• STUART ANTON CREAK
• Sarah Greenwood
• Simon Morris

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m
• MRS Independent Living income £478k
• ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY income £3.7m
• INSPIRE PLUS income £1.2m
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k
• AID INTERNATIONAL UK income £260k

Side by side with its peers

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