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.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ALL OF OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT; THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES;THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.EQUAL OPPORTUNITIESIN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS THE COMPANY SHALL AT ALL TIMES ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHMEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• SOUTHMEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £4.3m
• PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £3.2m
• MORETONHAMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £258k
• WOODTHORPE DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £307k
• WEST MARSH DEVELOPMENT TRUST ASSOCIATION LTD income £327k
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £253k

Side by side with its peers

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