LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 223485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVERPOOL COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE - L C V S

Comprehensive training & support servicesStrategic PartnerNetwork Co-ordinationAssist recoveryIncubator support/ develop new organisationsMeeting & conference facilitiesEnsure voluntary sector presence in cityAdminister Personal Charitable Trusts & support charitable giving by individualsAccess sources of grants / administer grant-making programmes

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £439,088 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. The trustees note that free reserves are below the stated policy target of £450,000, describing the current level as 'critical' and indicating that plans are being established to rectify this position. Despite the deficit and low reserves, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient liquidity to meet obligations for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNE READING
• Anna James
• Christopher Colwell
• James Alexander Sloan
• Maxine Jane Ennis
• Michael Salla
• Michael Thomas

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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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 LOCAL SOLUTIONS.

• LOCAL SOLUTIONS income £14.6m
• CITY OF LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (INC) income £15.5m
• LIVERPOOL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP LTD income £379k
• YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.7m
• CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED income £4.3m
• VOLA CONSORTIUM income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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