HAVEN PROJECT LIVERPOOL
Explaining the court process to parents;attending court hearings, key meetings, appointments with specialist services (i.e. drugs/alcohol, mental health, domestic abuse) with parents;regular one-to-one sessions to provide emotional and practical support;prayer support at parents request;linking parents in to relevant community groups, fitness classes;support post court for 12 months
Objects
1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE, OR MAY BECOME, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF [RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAK DOWN] [AND ILL-HEALTH] INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PARENTS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN LIVERPOOL AND INVOLVED IN PUBLIC CARE PROCEEDINGS, BY ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) PROVIDING ADVICE, CARE AND SUPPORT TO SUCH PERSONS;B) PROMOTING ACCESS TO SPECIALIST AGENCIES WHO CAN ASSIST AND SUPPORT SUCH PERSONS; ANDC) ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE SUPPORT NETWORKS FOR THOSE PERSONS2. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN LIVERPOOL AND WHO ARE PARENTS INVOLVED IN PUBLIC CARE PROCEEDINGS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.3. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £4,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £25,397. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated target level of around £17,500, which is based on maintaining sufficient reserves to cover 3-6 months of main operations. The charity is currently preparing for growth and recruitment in the 2025/26 period following the securing of new Lottery funding.
What the accounts disclose
“Our target level of reserves is therefore around £17,500” — page 9
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 2
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 3
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 3
Trustees
- Andrew John Pollard
- GENEVIEVE MARY STALEY
- JOHN DANIEL STALEY
- LYNN JEAN MCNAUGHT
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £45k | £30k |
| 31/03/2024 | £33k | £28k |
| 31/03/2023 | £30k | £25k |
| 31/03/2022 | £28k | £27k |
| 31/03/2021 | £29k | £25k |
Common questions
Is HAVEN PROJECT LIVERPOOL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £4,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £25,397. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated target level of around £17,500, which is based on maintaining sufficient reserves to cover 3-6 months of main operations. The charity is currently preparing for growth and recruitment in the 2025/26 period following the securing of new Lottery funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HAVEN PROJECT LIVERPOOL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HAVEN PROJECT LIVERPOOL as a grant recipient include THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £6k | |
| THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £5k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £4k |
| THE BLOOM FOUNDATION | 1 | £170k |
| SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED | 1 | £168k |
| THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE | 1 | £38k |
| THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST | 1 | £35k |
| THE GOYAL FOUNDATION | 1 | £29k |
| WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £20k |
| THE GRIMMITT TRUST | 1 | £17k |
Charities like this
- THE HAVEN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE
- HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION
- HAVEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE
- THE HELEN AND DAVID HAINS (UK) FOUNDATION
- HAVEN HOUSE PROJECT
- HAVEN OF REST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAVEN PROJECT LIVERPOOL | £45k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE HAVEN PREGNANCY COUNSELLING CENTRE | £37k | unclear | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| HAVEN HOUSE FOUNDATION | £7.3m | £90,000 - £99,999 | — | above | — | no doubt |
| HAVEN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE | £695k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE HELEN AND DAVID HAINS (UK) FOUNDATION | £501k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HAVEN HOUSE PROJECT | £503k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |