NETHERTON FEELGOOD FACTORY

Registered charity 1074508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FEELGOOD FACTORY

The Netherton Feelgood Factory is a community-led healthy living centre. The Feelgood Factory objectives are to reduce health inequalities by:Improving access to services and information,Developing and providing activities and services to encourage healthier lifestyles, improve health and well being and prevent illness,Developing initiatives to meet local needs.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE HARDSHIP, PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND BENEFIT THE PUBLIC OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ESTABLISHING A CENTRE TO BE CALLED THE NETHERTON FEELGOOD FACTORY

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SEFTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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 £109,883 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £461,379 to £351,496. The trustees report that free/unrestricted reserves were nil at the year-end, although the reserves policy targets maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The financial review notes that staff changes put pressure on fundraising activities, though the situation improved by year-end.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council — “We would like to thank all those who currently fund our services: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council” (source page)
• Asda, Aintree — “We would also like to acknowledge the support of local companies: Asda, Aintree” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £80k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• William George Penneychair
• GEORGE LOUGHLIN
• Helen Martin
• JAMES FLYNN
• Linda Cluskey
• Mark Buxton

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FEEL GOOD FACTOR (LEEDS).

• FEEL GOOD FACTOR (LEEDS) income £745k
• HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE DARTFORD income £465k
• NORTHWOOD DAY CARE CENTRE income £279k
• EGERTON FOOTBALL CLUB income £294k
• THE BREATHWORKS FOUNDATION income £465k
• THE NORTH TYNESIDE CARERS CENTRE income £962k

Side by side with its peers

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