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LIVABILITY

Registered charity 1116530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROOMS - SHAFTESBURY, JOHN GROOMS, SHAFTESBURY

Latest income
£66.4m
Latest spending
£61.2m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £1.4m for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a planned demerger of Kingsley Hall Church & Community Centre. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate financial resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eight to twelve weeks of total organisational expenditure (held: £34.1m)
“unrestricted funds equivalent to a range of eight to twelve weeks of total organisational expenditure is held.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shaftesbury (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Total income
£66.4m
Total spending
£61.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£34.1m
Employees
1,086

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; 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).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£66.4m£61.2m
31/03/2024£60.4m£58.8m
31/03/2023£49.8m£54.1m
31/03/2022£53.5m£50.3m
31/03/2021£46.1m£48.4m

Common questions

Is LIVABILITY financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a total surplus of £1.4m for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a planned demerger of Kingsley Hall Church & Community Centre. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate financial resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds LIVABILITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVABILITY as a grant recipient include THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE HARAMEAD TRUST, E F BULMER TRUST, DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2023£35k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2024£35k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2023£22k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2023£20k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2023£10k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2024£10k
E F BULMER TRUSTFY2024£8k
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
CLAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£4k
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
ROSCA TRUSTFY2023£4k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
E F BULMER TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£3k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTDFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE K.P LADD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTERFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JOHN, WESTMINSTERFY2022£1k
Moto FoundationFY2022£500
THE ANCASTER TRUSTFY2023£300
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WOODFORD WELLSFY2021£200
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FOUR OAKS, SUTTON COLDFIELDFY2021£150
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST OSWALD, NORBURYFY2023£100
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST OSWALD, NORBURYFY2024£100
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST OSWALD, NORBURYFY2022£100
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GARDENERS OF LONDON CHARITYFY2023£0
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£0
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WOODFORD WELLSFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2018£9k"Holton Lee - An oral history"

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