Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

LIVERPOOL SEAFARERS CENTRE 

To promote the spiritual, moral and physical welfare of persons who are or have been seafarers and their families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22*£596£452£144£14£705£70518.785
31/03/21?£573£471£102£4£557£55714.264
31/12/19£530£514£16£16£445£44510.4919
31/12/18£553£438£115£3£429£42911.8821
31/12/17£535£529£6£3£314£3147.1718
31/12/16£451£309£142£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£420£346£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£459£364£95£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£363£319£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£346£328£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£369£340£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£375£374£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£316£316£1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 18.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 24.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.liverpoolseafarerscentre.org

admin@liverpoolseafarerscentre.org

03008008085

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria, Isle Of Man, Lancashire, Liverpool City, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/08/2008, number: 1125539
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2008, number: 06526106
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR22: 55 days late,
Main office

COLONSEY HOUSE
20 CROSBY ROAD SOUTH
LIVERPOOL
L22 1RQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN SEAFARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

INDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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