DEYSBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1119053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Centre; room bookings for groups and child care.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF DEYSBROOK IN LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:3.1 PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR NURSERY AND OTHER CHILD CARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;3.2 ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;3.3 PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Area of benefit: DEYSBROOK IN LIVERPOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£209k
Latest spending
£216k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,405 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, the provision of staff salaries and activities remains primarily dependent on successful grant applications, and the charity faces a significant challenge in raising £1.5 million for a delayed youth centre project. Despite the deficit, unrestricted free reserves stood at £44,984, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of running costs and redundancy provisions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs and redundancy provision (held: £45k)
“It is the policy of the charitable company to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves at a level to cover redundancy provision and six months running costs should no further funding be received.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: S Leamey is a trustee and director of the Nursery which leases rooms from the charity.
“S Leamey a trustee of the charitable company and is also a director of the Nursery who lease rooms from Deysbrook Village Centre.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£209k£216k
31/12/2024£210k£179k
31/12/2023£162k£182k
31/12/2022£141k£133k
31/12/2021£143k£124k

Common questions

Is DEYSBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,405 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, the provision of staff salaries and activities remains primarily dependent on successful grant applications, and the charity faces a significant challenge in raising £1.5 million for a delayed youth centre project. Despite the deficit, unrestricted free reserves stood at £44,984, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover six months of running costs and redundancy provisions. 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 Fund16/01/2025£20kBrighter Futures for All
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£10kFencingfun
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£8kThe Peoples Pantry
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2016£10kAn additional reception area and entrance at Deysbrook Village Centre.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEYSBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE£209k—0unclear—no doubt
LAINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ABBEYFIELD SOUTH WEST SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
COLLEGE OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FY2025£14.4m—0unclear—no doubt
Go Beyond Charity FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
YMCA LEICESTERSHIRE FY2025£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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