ADHD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1120898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADHD FOUNDATION LIMITED, LIVERPOOL ADHD FOUNDATION, LIVERPOOL ADHD FOUNDATION LIMITED

Provision of information,guidance and adviceSupport for Parents and Children and Young People with ADHDEducation Programmes/Young Peoples Activities 1 to 1 Coaching. Support for young offenders with ADHD. Support for clinicians. Training for professionals - UK wide. Promoting awareness of ADHD and influencing policy and provision through the Government and other agencies.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 IDENTIFIED WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES.2) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wychavon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £200,578 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total income of £2,274,952. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £184,910, which is below the stated policy target of £250,000. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The amount of reserves at 31 March 2024 were £184,910. The charity's target is to build reserves to £250,000, being two months' worth of unrestricted operating costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee Prof Amanda Kirby
“The charity also received a £1,200 donation (2023:nil) from Professor Amanda Kirby.” — page 45
“The charity also received £519 (2023: £Nil) for training provided to DO-IT Solutions Ltd.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Training income from DO-IT Solutions Ltd (trustee-connected business)
“The charity also received a £1,200 donation (2023:nil) from Professor Amanda Kirby.” — page 45
“The charity also received £519 (2023: £Nil) for training provided to DO-IT Solutions Ltd.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan to ADHD-ASD CIC (related party)
“The charity also received a £1,200 donation (2023:nil) from Professor Amanda Kirby.” — page 45
“The charity also received £519 (2023: £Nil) for training provided to DO-IT Solutions Ltd.” — page 45
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rushtons. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2025-09-11
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £360,767 — contracts £360,767 (15); 16% of the £2,274,952 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £342,585 — contracts £342,585 (5); 19% of the £1,832,614 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £599,255 — contracts £542,729 (29), grants £56,526 (4); 46% of the £1,306,327 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£143k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024£2.3m£2.1m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£904k£908k

Common questions

Is ADHD FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £200,578 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total income of £2,274,952. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £184,910, which is below the stated policy target of £250,000. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Rushtons.

Who funds ADHD FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ADHD FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, PROJECT GIVING BACK, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2021£197kDCMS Fund Grants
PROJECT GIVING BACKFY2025£87k2025 Garden costs
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2022Unverified read£72kDCMS Fund Grants >£50k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2021£30k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2023£25kThe Opportunity Fund
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2024£25kChallenge and Change Fund
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£23kOpportunity Fund
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2023£22kNeurodiversity Umbrella Project London Schools – Talk Matters
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£22kNeurodiversity Umbrella Project London Schools – Talk Matters
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2023£1kPupil Donations
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARKS FOREST GATEFY2025£242Adhoc Giving

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£8kNational Neurodiversity Youth Council
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2021£331kNeurodiversity Umbrella Training Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2019£9kThe Umbrella Gang
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2016£310k'See Me Not ADHD'
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£297kThe ADHD Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2011£7kADHD Parents Participation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2009£149kCompulsory Communication Project

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 ADHD UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ADHD FOUNDATION£2.3m—0below—no doubt
ADHD UK FY2025£319k——within—no doubt
ADHD NORTH WEST FY2025£276k—0unclear—noted
CENTRE FOR ADHD AND AUTISM SUPPORT FY2025£1.5m—1above—no doubt
HUMAN AID FOUNDATION FY2025£344k—0above—no doubt
ADD INFORMATION SERVICES FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt

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