Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE) 

Listening Ear provides a range of free, caring and confidential opportunities for you to share your concerns with trained Listeners and Counsellors
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 17 years

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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£2,221£1,969£252£0£1,275£8745.3780
31/03/22£1,496£1,245£252£0£1,023£6176540
31/03/21£1,005£881£124£0£771£3494.8385
31/03/20£802£790£11£0£647£2173.3170
31/03/19£703£656£47£0£636£1933.51520
31/03/18£618£677£-59£0£588£1422.5170
31/03/17£935£790£145£0£648£1922.9240
31/03/16£935£563£372£0£503£1573.3200
31/03/15£350£333£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£240£225£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£197£227£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£289£289£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£218£219£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£231£234£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£216£224£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£141£152£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Suffolk, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 78 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£200,272
BBC Children in Need£116,492
Masonic Trust£52,218
John Moores Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Mining for DiAMONDs
£5,999 23/08/2023
To train 3 counsellors to use Minecraft as a platform for therapy aimed at CYP who were affected by domestic abuse. The counsellors will teach parents the basics of the game so it can be used as a ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Listening Ear (Merseyside)
£116,492 03/02/2022
This project offers a counselling service for children and young people affected by bereavement and loss. Through taking part, children and young people will make friends, build personal resilience, ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Listening Ear (Merseyside)
£20,000 24/06/2021
Towards Emotional Youth Club ? post-counselling group support for CYP
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering to help those with poor mental health in the wake of COVID-19
£190,362 04/03/2021
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The charity aims to provide counselling for bereavement and loss across Merseyside. Funding for the group will go towards the recruitment and training of student volunteer counsellors.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Butterflies
£4,009 24/10/2020
We would like to buy equipment and materials to develop our services for children and young people.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£52,218 14/10/2020
A grant supporting children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£16,377 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Listening Ear Merseyside
£4,370 03/07/2020
COVID19 : Purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works with young people who have experienced a bereavement, separation or loss in Merseyside
CAF - Grant to Listening Ear (Merseyside)
£10,000 02/06/2020
3
Grant to Listening Ear (Merseyside) to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Support After Therapy
£9,910 16/05/2019
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The organisation will deliver a series of alternating monthly therapeutic support sessions consisting of facilitated peer-support groups and a monthly activity session for children and young people ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards therapy sessions for bereaved children in Liverpool
£1,000 05/02/2014
Towards activity based therapy sessions for children aged 5-10 years olds who have suffered all kinds of bereavements in Liverpool.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Supporting youngsters, the elderly
£2,000 24/01/2008
Towards supporting youngsters, the elderly or housebound people deal with domestic violence, abuse and bereavement..
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-66
  • SARAH STEAD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Operations Manger
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2006, number: 1117324
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/11/2006, number: 05999650
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE)
ST NICHOLAS CENTRE
70 CHURCH ROAD
HALEWOOD
LIVERPOOL
L26 6LB

Objectives

4(1) the relief of persons in the UK who are in conditions of poverty, sickness and distress, with the purpose of relieving such persons. 4(2) to promote, organise and facilitate co-operation and partnership working between third sector, statutory and other relevant bodies in the achievement of the above purposes within the area of benefit.4(3) for the purposes of this Article 4:(a) “Third sector” means charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.(b) “Charities” are organisations, which are established for exclusively charitable purposes in accordance with the law of the UK. (c) “voluntary organisations and social enterprises” are independent organisations, which are established for purposes that add value to the community as a whole, or a significant section of the community, and which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit for private distribution. Voluntary organisations and social enterprises do not include local government or other statutory authorities

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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