SOUTHPORT SOUP KITCHEN

Registered charity 1137947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Southport soup Kitchen's goal is to offer help and support to any one in need in the local community. Our mission is to feed and support those in need by providing hot meals and drinks as well as food parcels and resources such as toiletries and other daily essentials.

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Latest income

£44k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a receipts and payments basis, recording total income of £44,347 and total expenditure of £42,723 for the year. This resulted in a surplus of £1,625, with the closing balance of free reserves standing at £84,494. The trustees confirm that the accounts represent a true and fair record of the charity's financial position.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Southport Soup Kitchen (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

MARIE CHRISTINE BUCHANAN
Stella Marie Chisnell
Stella Marie Morgan
Stephen John Dorricott

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£44k	£43k
31/08/2024	£35k	£29k
31/08/2023	£35k	£22k
31/08/2022	£23k	£18k
31/08/2021	£23k	£18k

Common questions

Is SOUTHPORT SOUP KITCHEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated on a receipts and payments basis, recording total income of £44,347 and total expenditure of £42,723 for the year. This resulted in a surplus of £1,625, with the closing balance of free reserves standing at £84,494. The trustees confirm that the accounts represent a true and fair record of the charity's financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTHPORT SOUP KITCHEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTHPORT SOUP KITCHEN as a grant recipient include YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, FORMBY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, FORMBY	FY2024	£1k	Missionary and charitable giving - Home
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT	FY2025	£500	Home mission
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY	FY2022	—	Voluntary Income donation