HOUSING PEOPLE BUILDING COMMUNITIES

Registered charity 1102135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LHFH, LIVERPOOL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

The relief of poverty by assisting persons in need to build their homes

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY ASSISTING PERSONS IN NEED TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOMES. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £486,846, achieving the trustees' policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed no material breaches of charity legislation were found, and the trustees expressed a positive outlook for future developments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Belmont Community Housing — “Through their ‘Giving While Living’ initiative has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds enabling the charity to move forward with plannin…” (source page)
• Wienerberger — “The multi national company, Wienerberger, has been a long time friend to HPBC and has donated many thousands of pounds to the charity, inclu…” (source page)
• Dickies workwear — “Dickies workwear has helped our volunteers to be appropriately dressed by donating workwear, thereby helping our home partners and volunteer…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV DR SHANNON LEDBETTERchair
• ANGELA FRANCES DURKIN
• ANNA MARIA FRANCES WHARTON
• DAVID TREVOR MOLYNEUX
• Karen Rachel Kennedy
• PETER ALEXANDER WALKER

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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