Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL AID (INCORPORATED) 

Established 1823. Key role managing Adelaide House Women's Approved Premises. Adelaide creatively supports female offenders with complex needs offering dynamic alternatives to custody (e.g. training, employment, domestic abuse provision, outreach initiatives & personal development). Promoting awareness of women issues, penal affairs and domestic abuse in Liverpool Diocese & Greater Merseyside.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/03/23£1,078£961£117£0£2,296£1,25815.7210
31/03/22£1,001£923£78£0£2,192£1,28516.7260
31/03/21£1,025£987£38£0£2,067£1,24715.2280
31/03/20£1,024£925£98£0£1,917£1,13714.7270
31/03/19£1,041£889£152£0£1,829£1,19216.1250
31/03/18£827£764£63£0£1,638£1,11817.6210
31/03/17£873£762£111£0£1,570£1,08317.1160
31/03/16£765£792£-27£0£1,459£99215160
31/03/15*£868£778£90£2£1,436£99615.4160
31/03/14£846£760£86£2£1,346£95215160
31/03/13£894£708£186£2£1,267£92615.7160
31/03/12£762£726£36£2£1,088£87414.5160
31/03/11£811£778£33£2£1,060£86313.3240
31/03/10*£910£752£157£2£1,028£85513.6240
31/03/09*£777£626£150£4£740£57311140
31/03/08£669£646£23£2£663£62311.6240
31/03/07*£663£603£60£2£425£3687.3240
31/03/06*£543£536£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£542£543£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£18£8£10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 15.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 23.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 56 years
(116 years as a company)

www.ldcsa.org.uk

admin.ldcsa@ldcsa.org.uk

01516786273

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 21 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/1968, number: 221709
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/1907, number: 00093802
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 25 days late, AR10: 9 days late, AR09: 33 days late, AR07: 7 days late, AR06: 21 days late, AR05: 87 days late,
Main office

Adelaide House
115 Edge Lane
Edge Hill
LIVERPOOL
L7 2PF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE CARRIED OUT IN CONNEXION WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE RELATING TO; (A) PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE AND OF HIGHER STANDARDS OF MORAL LIFE IN THE INDIVIDUAL, THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY; (B) THE RESTORATION OF THE INTEMPERATE, THE DELINQUENT, THOSE ADDICTED TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL OR GAMBLING, OFFENDERS AND EX-OFFENDERS, THE HOMELESS OR THOSE OTHERWISE IN NEED OF HELP; (C) RELIEF OF DISTRESS OF SUFFERING ARISING FROM DELINQUENCY OR INTEMPERANCE OR ADDICTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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