CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED

Registered charity 1125312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the charitable need of people with disabilities, ill health or in necessitous circumstances by the provision of support services to enable them to live in the community. The advancement of education, training and the relief of unemployment of people who are unemployed, low paid, low skilled or have no skills.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£7.6m
Latest spending
£7.4m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £331k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,481k. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,276k are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of covering two months of variable expenditure. The organization maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of variable expenditure (held: £1.3m)
“The Syncora Reserves Policy states that we will aim to keep unrestricted reserves to cover a minimum of two months of variable expenditure” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Syncora Limited recharged overhead costs to Enterprise
“During the year, Syncora recharged overhead costs to Enterprise amounting to £253k (2024: £154k)” — page 25
“Homes recharged office and property rent costs totalling £675k (2024: £267k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Calico Homes Limited recharged office and property rent costs to Enterprise
“During the year, Syncora recharged overhead costs to Enterprise amounting to £253k (2024: £154k)” — page 25
“Homes recharged office and property rent costs totalling £675k (2024: £267k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Enterprise supplied Calico Homes Limited with training, apprentices and furniture
“During the year, Syncora recharged overhead costs to Enterprise amounting to £253k (2024: £154k)” — page 25
“Homes recharged office and property rent costs totalling £675k (2024: £267k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Enterprise supplied Ring Stones Maintenance and Construction Limited with training and apprenticeship services
“During the year, Syncora recharged overhead costs to Enterprise amounting to £253k (2024: £154k)” — page 25
“Homes recharged office and property rent costs totalling £675k (2024: £267k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Directors received remuneration from Syncora Limited
“During the year, Syncora recharged overhead costs to Enterprise amounting to £253k (2024: £154k)” — page 25
“Homes recharged office and property rent costs totalling £675k (2024: £267k).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £150k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Calico Enterprise Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£7.6m
Total spending
£7.4m
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
130

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (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 networks

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£7.6m£7.4m
31/03/2024£7.6m£7.4m
31/03/2023£7.3m£7.2m
31/03/2022£6.4m£5.9m
31/03/2021£5.4m£5.1m

Common questions

Is CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £331k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £1,481k. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,276k are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of covering two months of variable expenditure. The organization maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/04/2017£10kAssure Active
Sport England25/08/2015£164kGirls Up & Active

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CALICO HOMES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED£7.6m——unclear—no doubt
CALICO HOMES LIMITED FY2025£35.2m——unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt
CALVARIO LIMITED FY2025£643k——unclear—no doubt
GRACE ENTERPRISES NOTTINGHAM LTD FY2025£608k—0below—no doubt
CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£11.5m——below—no doubt

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