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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£402k
Latest spending
£404k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: 3 and 6 months of operating costs (held: £289k)
“the Board of Trustees believes that the Charity should be able to maintain free (unrestricted) reserves within a range that equates to between 3 and 6 months of operating costs for the organisation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£402k£404k
31/03/2024£357k£395k
31/03/2023£402k£375k
31/03/2022£334k£353k
31/03/2021£404k£307k

Common questions

Is INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED as a grant recipient include SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFY2025£8k
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFY2023£5kLiving Well Sefton / Health and Wellbeing
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFY2024£2kCommunity Development

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2022£9kReaching Out
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£258kRecovery South Sefton - Re-Boot Crew
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2020£31kThe Independence Initiative
A B Charitable Trust23/04/2020£15kA grant to Independence Initiative Limited
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2015£10kJoining up the dots
The National Lottery Community Fund23/06/2004£5k7 PC's

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE LIMITED£402k—0within—no doubt
Integrating FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST DURHAM COMMUNITY INITIATIVES LTD FY2025£912k—0above—no doubt
VINCI UK FOUNDATION FY2025£277k—0unclear—no doubt
RESPONSE COMMUNITY PROJECTS (EARLS COURT) LIMITED FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
BACK ON TRACK MANCHESTER LTD FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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