TRANSFORMING CHOICE

Registered charity 1193231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRANSFORMING CHOICE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Transforming Choice provides a variety of services for people overcoming addictions to alcohol and other substances, including: residential alcohol detox and rehabilitation, community based activities and supportive short and long term housing options.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF ADULTS EXPERIENCING ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY ISSUES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMES OF SUPPORT AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO THEIR FAMILIES

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£855k

Latest spending

£888k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £33,437 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £205,355. The trustees state that the charity no longer maintains the policy target of three months' operating costs in reserve, with unrestricted reserves standing at £152,622. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and liquidity for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 to £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following bands, were: £60,000 to £69,999 2026 No. 1” — page 19

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following bands, were: £60,000 to £69,999 2026 No. 1” — page 19

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £153k; policy: three months operating costs)

“We have not been able to sustain our reserve finances; we no longer have financial stability of 3 months reserve as stipulated above and below.” — page 8

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Dr F Hargreaves received £1,600 for clinical support.

“Related parties Dr F Hargreaves, a trustee, was paid £1,600 for clinical support on a self-employed basis during the year to 31 March 2026.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Dr F Hargreaves, a trustee, was paid £1,600 for clinical support on a self-employed basis during the year to 31 March 2026.

“Related parties Dr F Hargreaves, a trustee, was paid £1,600 for clinical support on a self-employed basis during the year to 31 March 2026.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2025) to "below" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

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 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £645,036 — contracts £322,518 (1), grants £322,518 (1); 75% of the £855,036 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £322,510 — contracts £322,510 (1); 43% of the £754,851 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £645,020 — contracts £322,510 (1), grants £322,510 (99,500); 82% of the £790,495 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/03/2024, 41 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Transforming Choice (matched by registered charity number).

CQC provider record: Transforming Choice — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 01/12/2021. CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£855k

Total spending

£888k

Reserves (reported)

£96k

Employees

19

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Transforming Choice: Outstanding (16/02/2022) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Sir Mark Hedleychair · trustee of 2 other charities
Bishop Thomas Anthony Williams
Dr Frank Hargreaves
Nicola Blundell
PETER JAMES MORRIS
Ronald Tierney

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£855k	£888k
31/03/2025	£755k	£816k
31/03/2024	£790k	£870k
31/03/2023	£1.0m	£724k
31/03/2022	£1.0m	£778k

Common questions

Is TRANSFORMING CHOICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £33,437 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds of £205,355. The trustees state that the charity no longer maintains the policy target of three months' operating costs in reserve, with unrestricted reserves standing at £152,622. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and liquidity for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of TRANSFORMING CHOICE earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 to £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds TRANSFORMING CHOICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRANSFORMING CHOICE as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	FY2021	£135k	DCMS Fund Grants
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	Unverified read£129k	DCMS Fund Grants >£50k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MOULDING FOUNDATION	1	£40k
THE BROOK TRUST	1	£35k
TARPORLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TRUST	1	£17k
WILMSLOW HALF MARATHON	1	£15k
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE	1	£7k
EARL OF CHESTER'S FUND	1	£7k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRANSFORMING LIVES TODAY.

TRANSFORMING LIVES TODAY income £11k
SUPPORT 4 CHANGE income £39k
BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST income £3.7m
CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER income £2.8m
TRANSFORMING LIVES income £62k
INDEPENDENT OPTIONS (NORTH WEST) income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRANSFORMING CHOICE	£855k	£60,000 to £69,999	1	below	—	no doubt
TRANSFORMING LIVES TODAY FY2025	£11k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUPPORT 4 CHANGE FY2025	£39k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST FY2025	£3.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	above	—	no doubt
TRANSFORMING LIVES FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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