ONE KNOWSLEY

Registered charity 701955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUYTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, KNOWSLEY C V S, KNOWSLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

To enhance the quality of life within communities and neighbourhoods by supporting and developing voluntary action in the Borough of Knowsley. To support and develop the work of voluntary and community organisations. To provide and circulate information relevant to the work of voluntary and community groups. To act as a focal point and resource for voluntary and community groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £86,811 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves standing at £1,095,699. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern, citing sufficient forecast income and expenditure coverage. However, the trustees acknowledge that current free reserves of £51,973 fall short of their stated policy target of three months of normal core operating expenses.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02401660

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — One Knowsley (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.

• MACFARLANE, Stephen — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
• LAWRENSON, Chris — director, appointed 21/03/2019on trustee list
• PARR, David Mark — director, appointed 10/02/2015on trustee list
• NEILSON, David — director, appointed 07/09/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 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 (03/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Lawrenson
• DAVID NEILSON
• David Parr Mr
• Stephen Macfarlane

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

Operates in: Knowsley

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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Charities like this

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

• ONE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £1.5m
• KINGSTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.5m
• BURNLEY PENDLE AND ROSSENDALE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £2.1m
• KNOWSLEY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.2m
• DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
• COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND income £886k

Side by side with its peers

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