LIVERPOOL HOMELESS FOOTBALL CLUB

Registered charity 1182349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Using football as a means of social integration to combat the effects of homelessness

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£197k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £79,898 for the year ended March 2025, with total income rising to £196,809. However, the trustees' report highlights that unrestricted funds are in deficit (£2,479), falling below the stated policy target of covering six months' running costs and redundancy provisions. The trustees acknowledge the need to diversify funding to increase unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-2k; policy: six months’ running costs and redundancy provision)
“As at the end of the financial year the unrestricted funds totalled a deficit £2,479. The charitable company requires £8,787 for redundancy provision and £3,729 for six months’ running costs, (total £12,516).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£197k£117k
31/03/2024£60k£65k
31/03/2023£60k£105k
31/03/2022£81k£116k
31/03/2021£225k£173k

Common questions

Is LIVERPOOL HOMELESS FOOTBALL CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £79,898 for the year ended March 2025, with total income rising to £196,809. However, the trustees' report highlights that unrestricted funds are in deficit (£2,479), falling below the stated policy target of covering six months' running costs and redundancy provisions. The trustees acknowledge the need to diversify funding to increase unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIVERPOOL HOMELESS FOOTBALL CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVERPOOL HOMELESS FOOTBALL CLUB as a grant recipient include THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2024£354kOnside with LHFC
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2022£10kWalk & Talk
Postcode Lottery26/02/2022£22kThe Back Kitchen Catering Project
Sport England15/06/2020£7kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England27/03/2019£9kSpirit Of Merseyside League