ALT VALLEY COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 519835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROXTETH COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Providing education, training and sports/wellbeing activities and opportunities to people of all ages in Alt Valley and the surrounding areas of Liverpool and the city region. To support community development and wellbeing activities and to work with partners to support and promote community cohesion and sustainable communities

Objects

I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO RELIEVE NEED AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT IN CROXTETH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND LEISURE TRAINING FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS. II) TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE YOUNG PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. III) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN THE AREA AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED TO THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION TO PREVENT ILL-HEALTH AND RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIROMENT OF THE AREA.

Area of benefit: CROXTETH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £615,426 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a deficit in unrestricted funds of £110,458. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates on extremely tight financial margins with public funding under increasing pressure, though it maintains a robust strategic plan to continue responding to community needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MAR Kilshaw Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Adult Learning Services — “Funded by Adult Learning Services and Liverpool City Council working in partnership with the Liverpool City Region.” (source page)
• Liverpool City Council — “Funded by Adult Learning Services and Liverpool City Council working in partnership with the Liverpool City Region.” (source page)
• Million Hours Fund — “AVCT Creatives offers a programme of extra Creative/Arts Opportunities/sessions funded by the Million Hours Fund.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £94k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALMA MARGARET MASONchair
• ANTHONY JENNINGS
• Anthony Rimmer
• Dr BRIAN MCDONOUGH
• GERRY BRENNAN
• LESLEY BAUGH
• Pauline Thornley
• Peter Hooton
• Roy Meredith
• Sheila Sweeney

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOUGLAS VALLEY COMMUNITY LIMITED.

• DOUGLAS VALLEY COMMUNITY LIMITED income £121k
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Side by side with its peers

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