THE FLORENCE INSTITUTE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1109301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FLORENCE INSTITUTE TRUST LTD

The charity was originally set up to progress with Saving the Florrie. A grade 2 Historic building in Liverpool 8 for the benefit of the community. In April 2012 The Florrie re-opened its doors and offers to all ages a wide range of social, educational, heritage, recreational, cultural activities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£762k
Latest spending
£605k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £762,083 and reported a net surplus of £156,845 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity remains solvent, carrying forward unrestricted free reserves of £128,199. However, the CEO report notes that staff shortages remain a problem and the charity is currently supporting free activities via unrestricted income from commercial activity and community fundraising due to unsuccessful lottery funding applications.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 1/4 annual running costs (held: £128k)
The objective of the charity is to be in a position to procure up to 1/4 annual running costs which would be held and sustained in a reserves account. — page 6
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)

3 registered titlesin 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£762k
Total spending
£605k
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£128k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£762k£605k
31/03/2024£795k£611k
31/03/2023£470k£575k
31/03/2022£565k£472k
31/03/2021£814k£360k

Common questions

Is THE FLORENCE INSTITUTE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £762,083 and reported a net surplus of £156,845 for the year. The trustees confirm the charity remains solvent, carrying forward unrestricted free reserves of £128,199. However, the CEO report notes that staff shortages remain a problem and the charity is currently supporting free activities via unrestricted income from commercial activity and community fundraising due to unsuccessful lottery funding applications. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2023£20kFlorrie Foodies
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2022£10kFood Aid Liverpool
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2022£107kDevelop Drive Deliver 2
UK government09/09/2020£49kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England04/06/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/05/2020£38k"COVID19:The Florence Institute Trust"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2019£10kCommunity Buddies
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2019£68k"Florrie Beyond 2020 - Building Resilience"
UK government01/04/2019£29kKnife Crime Community Fund 2019-20
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2019£293kLet's develop, drive and deliver as one
UK government03/09/2018£26kKnife Crime Community Fund 18-19
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/01/2016£100k"The Florrie - Road to Viability"
Sport England16/04/2012£15kFlorrie Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund09/07/2009£8kThe Florrie - Development and Preparation
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/09/2006£4.7m"Restoration, Repair & Conversion of the Florence Institute for Boys, Liverpool"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2005£5kDeveloping the Organisation

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FLORENCE COLLIERY SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FLORENCE INSTITUTE TRUST LIMITED£762k0unclearno doubt
FLORENCE COLLIERY SOCIAL WELFARE CENTRE FY2024£311k0unclearno doubt
FLAVEL CENTRE TRUST FY2025£464kUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPICE CHARITY FY2025£4.9mbelowno doubt
THE FLORENCE TURNER TRUST FY2025£218k0unclearno doubt
THE FLOOD CHARITY FY2025£117k0unclearno doubt

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