AWARD SOLUTIONS LTD

Registered charity 1147053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AWARD SOLUTIONS

We provide accredited activities to young people who may not otherwise be able to acccess them. Enabling young people to gain benefit socially, economically and personally.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN SEFTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE DELIVERY OF DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD, AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £875 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £71,776 against expenditure of £70,901. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,197, which is below the stated policy target of holding reserves equal to at least six months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £11k)

“The reserves policy is to hold unrestricted reserves equal to at least at least 6 months’ expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £10,000 — grants £10,000 (1); 14% of the £71,776 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £10,000 — contracts £10,000 (1); 13% of the £78,311 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £10,000 — contracts £10,000 (1); 11% of the £88,916 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GILLIAN CONSTANCE SMITH
JEAN RIDING
MAURICE JOHN BYRNE

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£72k	£71k
31/12/2024	£78k	£90k
31/12/2023	£89k	£97k
31/12/2022	£70k	£77k
31/12/2021	£57k	£28k

Common questions

Is AWARD SOLUTIONS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £875 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £71,776 against expenditure of £70,901. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £11,197, which is below the stated policy target of holding reserves equal to at least six months' expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. 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
Sport England	11/06/2020	£4k	COVID-19 CEF

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	2	£297k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£3k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£580k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£289k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£190k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	1	£179k
The Teesside Charity	1	£45k
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£38k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE.

FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
QUALITY STUDIES income £303k
YOUTH OPTIONS income £3.8m
OPEN AWARDS income £2.7m
COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £654k
VISION25 income £942k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AWARD SOLUTIONS LTD	£72k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	1.0%	no doubt
QUALITY STUDIES FY2025	£303k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH OPTIONS FY2025	£3.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
OPEN AWARDS FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FY2026	£654k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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