EXPECT LTD

Registered charity 701331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEFTON SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED, SOUTH SEFTON MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING GROUP LIMITED

Support people with Mental Health and Learning disabilities

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF ORDINARY LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ELIMINATE THE SEGREGATION AND STIGMATISATION OF PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF THEIR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH, MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR LEARNING DISABILITY.TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES WITH THE AIM OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES.TO UNDERTAKE THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MANAGEMENT AGENT, WHICH PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONALISED CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an operational deficit of £3,334 for the 18-month period, primarily due to goodwill amortisation and bad debts. Total unrestricted funds stood at £1.7 million, with the trustees aiming to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of running costs. Financial sustainability is identified as a major risk, though the charity maintains sufficient working capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alexander Myerson & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02357285 · Financial health read from its filings

What the charity says about itself (2025/2026)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Expect Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tony Gilmore — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Gina Harvey — Director of Operations (source)
• Ray Maxwell — Director of Finance (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

• BLANCHARD, Mark Adrian — director, appointed 07/07/2026on trustee list
• HOOPER, Jeremy — director, appointed 17/04/2024on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Claire — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
• GILMORE, Anthony Frederick — director, appointed 27/04/2016on trustee list
• PRITCHARD, Terry — secretary, appointed 10/09/2025

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.

CQC provider record: Expect Ltd — Registered, 13 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 14/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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 (74% 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: 21.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (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).

• Expect Limited: Good (06/06/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Gilmorechair
• Claire Graham
• Jeremy Hooper
• Mark Adrian Blanchard · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bolton · Conwy · Denbighshire · Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Common questions

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 Learning Disability Network London Limited.

• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• HF TRUST LIMITED income £85.0m
• OUTREACH COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES income £2.8m
• BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY GROUP income £112k
• MIDLAND MENCAP income £10.8m
• NURTRIO LIMITED income £7.3m

Side by side with its peers

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