THE LIVERSAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1155282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An Almshouse Charity, founded in 1529 for the relief of poverty, became a CIO April 2014. Area of operation is limited to Derby. Focus is assisting older people primarily through direct provision of housing. Small grants to relieve need are also available to a broader age range. We manage four almshouse estates for people aged 60 or over, and run a 40-bed Residential Home for frail older people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially stable and self-sufficient, holding £9.8m in investments to support long-term stability and future development ambitions. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (80% of income)
“Provide accommodation via almshouses, sheltered housing and a residential care home for the residents of Derby 2,486,940” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: unclear (held: £25.8m)
“Our approach is set out in our Reserves Policy. A salient feature of the Trust's plan is to continue, as far as resources permit, to build up investments to meet expected demands and to take advantage of opportunities to add to its housing and commercial property base.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bourne & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

23 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (23 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£24.9m
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~122.1 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 (80% 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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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derby City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£2.4m
31/03/2024£3.0m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.7m£2.3m
31/03/2022£2.5m£1.8m
31/03/2021£2.5m£1.8m

Common questions

Is THE LIVERSAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is financially stable and self-sufficient, holding £9.8m in investments to support long-term stability and future development ambitions. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bourne & Co.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE1£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with W J YAPP BEQUEST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LIVERSAGE TRUST£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
W J YAPP BEQUEST FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
Liver Care and Housing LTD FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025£460k—0unclear—no doubt
LANGLEY MARISH UNITED CHARITIES FY2025£179k—0above—no doubt

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