SOUTH SEFTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1126270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REGENERUS

Relief of poverty in, and regeneration of, south Sefton through the provision of skills education and training, enterprise start-up and support, community initiatives and heritage projects.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£375k

Latest spending

£368k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,428 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £375,033 and expenditure of £367,605. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £63,267, which remains below the stated policy target of maintaining more than 12 months of core operating costs (£150,000). The charity is not prepared on a going-concern basis of doubt, as trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than 12 months of the core operating costs (£150,000) (held: £63k)

“It is South Sefton Development Trust's policy to build and maintain reserves of more than 12 months of the core operating costs (£150,000)” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

UK Government — “Regenerus (the trading name of South Sefton Development Trust) was established in 2004 as a legacy of a UK Government-funded SRB programme.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN RONALD FAIRCLOUGHchair
Colin Bernard Hickey
Dr Track Dinning
Gregory Alec Walker
Jeanette Stancombe
Lynne Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
NIGEL EDMUND BELLAMY · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£375k	£368k
31/03/2024	£276k	£304k
31/03/2023	£296k	£361k
31/03/2022	£372k	£427k
31/03/2021	£306k	£320k

Common questions

Is SOUTH SEFTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £7,428 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £375,033 and expenditure of £367,605. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £63,267, which remains below the stated policy target of maintaining more than 12 months of core operating costs (£150,000). The charity is not prepared on a going-concern basis of doubt, as trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/02/2026	£20k	Nature for Biodiversity & Health
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/08/2023	£50k	"Our Beautiful Grotspots"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/08/2016	£10k	Taking Root in Bootle
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/04/2016	£10k	"Carnegie-Crosby 3rd Space"
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/02/2011	£9k	Enterprise Tour - Stop me and start one
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/11/2006	£50k	"Plant Life"