MICAH LIVERPOOL

Registered charity 1168689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as +HOPE, HOPE+, MICAH

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.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£297k
Latest spending
£234k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

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: 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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Micah Liverpool (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£534k
Total spending
£445k
Reserves (reported)
£153k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£30kFoodbanks.
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£20kGrants 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 TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2023£10kFoodbank plus - Towards provision of help with food and other basic needs.
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2022£6k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2023£6k
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£5kFoodbanks.
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUNDFY2023£3k
THE DAVID AND RUTH BEHREND FUNDFY2025£2k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government18/06/2020£40kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£10kMicah Liverpool Community Markets

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FEEDING LIVERPOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MICAH LIVERPOOL£297k——unclear—no doubt
FEEDING LIVERPOOL FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
MICHAELS LIMITED FY2025£471k—0above—no doubt
THE MICHAEL DEWHIRST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0above—no doubt
MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£117k——unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL CITY MISSION (INCORPORATED) FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt

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