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LOCAL SOLUTIONS

Registered charity 515060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M C V S, MERSEYSIDE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

The provision of services in the following fields: Homecare, Shopmobility, Training , Welfare Rights, Supported Accommodation, Support for the disabled, Carers Support, Liverpool Watersports Centre, Mobex, Domestic Violence Service, Conference Facilities

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£14.6m
Latest spending
£14.4m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £200,372 on income of £14.6m, with unrestricted free reserves of £1,199,532. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months, citing a strong balance sheet and cash position of £2.36m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“During the year there were three higher paid employees (2024: three higher paid employees).” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months’ central support costs plus other costs to which there is no directly linked contract (held: £1.2m)
“The Trustees consider that it is appropriate for the Charity to hold unrestricted free reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months’ central support costs plus other costs to which there is no directly linked contract.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Local Solutions (matched by registered charity number).

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-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Flintshire County CouncilHousing Related Floating Support Services in Flintshire——
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContinuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside——

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £158k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Local Solutions — Registered, 7 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/07/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£14.6m
Total spending
£14.4m
Cost of raising funds
£117k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
553

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£14.6m£14.4m
31/03/2024£13.3m£13.1m
31/03/2023£12.5m£12.8m
31/03/2022£13.3m£12.7m
31/03/2021£14.5m£14.4m

Common questions

Is LOCAL SOLUTIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £200,372 on income of £14.6m, with unrestricted free reserves of £1,199,532. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for at least 12 months, citing a strong balance sheet and cash position of £2.36m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

Who funds LOCAL SOLUTIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LOCAL SOLUTIONS as a grant recipient include THE LINBURY TRUST, THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST, LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2022£75kFor their work supporting young people at risk of criminal exploitation. The second payment of a £150,000 grant.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2025£55kTowards core costs of their work supporting young people living in disadvantage.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£55kTowards the running costs of a second hub, principally staff costs, in Toxteth, Liverpool.
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUSTFY2025£25k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£13k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£13k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£4k
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2023£1k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£975Grants payable to Institutions
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2025£750
THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUSTFY2022£200

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2022£8kLiverpool Shopmobility
Sport England11/09/2020£5kToyota Parasport Fund - Local Solutions
Sport England25/04/2019£100kWatersports Centre refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£9kResettlement Passport Development worker
Sport England12/09/2017£10kWatersports for Wheelchair Users
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£122kMy Time
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2011£134kCarers Health and Well Being Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2008£9kEnhanced Play
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2005£90kCarers Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/11/2004£3kMOBEX Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire1£120k
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£10k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST1£8k
THE MONTAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST1£4k
THE A M FENTON TRUST1£3k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INDIVIDUAL CARE SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOCAL SOLUTIONS£14.6m—3above—no doubt
INDIVIDUAL CARE SERVICES FY2025£7.0m——unclear—no doubt
Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability FY2025£2.4m£70,001 - £80,000—above—no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026£13.0m——above—no doubt
CITY OF LIVERPOOL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (INC) FY2025£15.5mgreater than £80,000—unclear—no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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