MICAH LIVERPOOL
Providing food banks and community shops and running employability programmes to enable people to become employed
Objects
3. Objects The objects of the CIO are to assist persons experiencing poverty or social injustice in the Liverpool City Region, in particular (but not exclusively) those from underrepresented groups including Refugees, Asylum Seekers and those from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds in such ways as the Trustees from time to time think fit but in particular by:- a) Providing food and other household items through foodbanks or community marketsb) Providing advice and support to overcome financial problems and maximise their incomec) Raising public awareness of issues relating to poverty, both generally and in relation to social exclusiond) Signposting to relevant information and advisory services.e) The preservation and protection of good physical and mental health of individuals, families and the wider community of the area of benefit including the development of employability programmes to assist individuals to contribute productively to society.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounting statements; it consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and a date. Consequently, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operations can be extracted.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 35
- Government income: £200 — grants £200 (1); under 1% of the £297,012 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 24
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 40
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Trustees
- ANDREW HOLROYDchair
- Alissa Kassandra Koopal
- Annette James
- Dr Jon Richardson
- Philip Bishop
- REVD CANON ANTHONY O BRIEN
- Rev David Peter Halliwell
- Rev ELLEN LOUDON
- Sally Anne Richardson
- Simone Soufriere Dawes
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £297k | £234k |
| 31/12/2024 | £534k | £445k |
| 31/12/2023 | £462k | £463k |
| 31/12/2022 | £482k | £454k |
| 31/12/2021 | £428k | £450k |
Common questions
Is MICAH LIVERPOOL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or accounting statements; it consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and a date. Consequently, no information regarding financial health, reserves, or operations can be extracted.
Who funds MICAH LIVERPOOL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name MICAH LIVERPOOL as a grant recipient include THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST, THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE HEADLEY TRUST | FY2024 | £30k | Foodbanks. |
| THE HEADLEY TRUST | FY2025 | £20k | Grants of £20,000 each were made to the following organisations for the provision of help with food and other basic needs: |
| THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST | FY2025 | £10k | |
| THE HEADLEY TRUST | FY2023 | £10k | Foodbank plus - Towards provision of help with food and other basic needs. |
| THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | |
| THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST | FY2022 | £6k | |
| PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND | FY2023 | £6k | |
| THE HEADLEY TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Foodbanks. |
| THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | |
| THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND | FY2023 | £3k | |
| THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUND | FY2025 | £2k | |
| THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK government | 18/06/2020 | £40k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/05/2019 | £10k | Micah Liverpool Community Markets |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION | 1 | £4.1m |
| THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £200k |
| THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £35k |
| THE WILLIAMS CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £12k |
| THE S M B TRUST | 1 | £8k |
| MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £4k |
| THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £200 |
Charities like this
- FEEDING LIVERPOOL
- MICHAELS LIMITED
- THE MICHAEL DEWHIRST CHARITABLE TRUST
- MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
- LIVERPOOL CITY MISSION (INCORPORATED)
- IOH
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICAH LIVERPOOL | £297k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| FEEDING LIVERPOOL | £329k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MICHAELS LIMITED | £471k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE MICHAEL DEWHIRST CHARITABLE TRUST | £43k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | £117k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LIVERPOOL CITY MISSION (INCORPORATED) | £81k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |