BOSCO SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 1129588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide Housing support to homeless people,many of whom have substance misuse issues, and/or mental health problems. We have two hostels providing 26 bedrooms in total with a further 10 flats in the local community. Support is given to encourage independent living. Education,training and access to other services is provided. We also provide a Rough-sleeper service 365 days of the year.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £57,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, adding to its unrestricted funds which totalled £1,701,897. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £584,922 meet the stated policy target of retaining at least three months of running costs, ensuring adequate working capital flexibility. The independent auditors issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view and noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £585k)
“The reserves policy has been developed at best to retain at least 3 months running costs. Excluding functional/capital assets of £1,116,975, the charity has access to "free" reserves of £584,922,. This amount meets the requirement of the reserves policy” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by SB&P. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £297k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~20.1 months of spending — in the top quarter 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2024£1.0m£943k
31/03/2023£1.0m£888k
31/03/2022£910k£862k
31/03/2021£1.1m£953k

Common questions

Is BOSCO SOCIETY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £57,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, adding to its unrestricted funds which totalled £1,701,897. The trustees confirmed that free reserves of £584,922 meet the stated policy target of retaining at least three months of running costs, ensuring adequate working capital flexibility. The independent auditors issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view and noting no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by SB&P.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2010£10kMotivational Activities for Homeless People

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOSCO SOCIETY LTD£1.1m—0above—no doubt
HOPE HOUSING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2024£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
TRINITY HOMELESS PROJECTS FY2025£5.9m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FAITH HOPE & ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
HOUSING JUSTICE FY2025£3.0m£90,001 - £100,0002above—no doubt

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