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Compassion Acts

Registered charity 1172948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHPORT & FORMBY CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE, SOUTHPORT & FORMBY CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE LIMITED

Provide emergency food for adults and children within Trussell's guidelines. Debt advice through auspices of Community Money Advice. Food Pantries for those on low incomes Benefits advice and act as advocates at tribunals.Next Steps programme for on-going assistance and family space projectOperate in churches and community centres. Help anyone regardless of their religious beliefs or non

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Latest income
£584k
Latest spending
£530k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £54,429 and free reserves of £173,099, which the trustees consider representative of 4 months of expenditure. The trustees report that the charity successfully managed significant financial challenges, including the end of a large multi-year grant, by reducing costs and strengthening fundraising efforts. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and donations
“Grants and donations (including the value of donated foodstocks) were the largest source of income of £507K in 2025” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 4 months of costs (held: £173k)
“The board reduced its reserve policy from 6 months of costs to 4 months of costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£584k
Total spending
£530k
Reserves (reported)
£173k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£584k£530k
31/12/2024£547k£619k
31/12/2023£513k£636k
31/12/2022£643k£574k
31/12/2021£496k£407k

Common questions

Is Compassion Acts financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £54,429 and free reserves of £173,099, which the trustees consider representative of 4 months of expenditure. The trustees report that the charity successfully managed significant financial challenges, including the end of a large multi-year grant, by reducing costs and strengthening fundraising efforts. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Compassion Acts?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Compassion Acts as a grant recipient include SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, VINCI UK FOUNDATION, YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, FORMBY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFY2025£21k
VINCI UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICEFY2024£3kCommunity Development
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, FORMBYFY2024£1kMissionary and charitable giving - Home
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORTFY2022£800Home Missions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SIMON AND ST JUDE WITH ALL SOULSFY2025£765Support for vulnerable people in Southport
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SIMON AND ST JUDE WITH ALL SOULSFY2024£735Support for vulnerable people in Southport
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHPORTFY2025£662Home mission
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORTFY2022£20
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF AINSDALE ST JOHNFY2024—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2026£248kCompassion Acts: Thriving - Not Just Surviving.
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2025£20kBenefits Advice & Debt Worker