SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
Registered charity 1099020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEREFORDSHIRE CENTRE OF INDEPENDENT LIVING, SIL
To enable people affected by disabilities to exercise choice and control, to live independent lives, and to actively participate in society. Services for Independent Living provides:- Direct Payments Support- Payroll Service - Financial Administration Service- Home Support Service
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £52,871 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to investment in charitable aims and reduced service hours. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1.126 million and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Care and support services ILH (67% of income)
“Care and support services ILH 2,369,753” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: level to cover the total cost of closure (held: £1.1m)
“The Trustees have decided that the unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use, together with the value of the head office building, should be maintained at a level to cover the total cost of closure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received services from the charity
“During the year 4 (2024: 3) trustees received services from the charity amounting to £349,473 (2024: £316,806), at the balance sheet date £322 (2024: £220) was outstanding.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Euan McPherson — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- HEMPTON-SMITH, Alexander James — director, appointed 09/07/2026not on trustee list
- GREEN, Nicholas John — director, appointed 02/10/2025on trustee list
- ROWSON, Peter — director, appointed 03/10/2024on trustee list
- THORNBY, Julie — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
- HUGHES, David — director, appointed 04/10/2018on trustee list
- ROGERS, John — director, appointed 26/07/2010on trustee list
- MISSELBROOK, Thomas Richard — director, appointed 14/07/2010not on trustee list
- MCPHERSON, Euan — secretary, appointed 16/02/2015
Official officers record.
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.
CQC provider record: Services for Independent Living — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 29/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Services for Independent Living: Good (04/04/2024) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alex Hempton-Smith
- David Hughes
- JOHN ROGERS
- Julie Thornby
- Nicholas John Green · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Rowson
- TOM MISSELBROOK
- Vicki Louise Manley
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Herefordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £52,871 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to investment in charitable aims and reduced service hours. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £1.126 million and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd.
Who funds SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING as a grant recipient include SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE.
Known funders
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