LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES 2005-07-12 → present
2. LIVERPOOL COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE (INCORPORATED) 1922-05-12 → 2005-07-12

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

DSG Audit Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have considered the charity's financial position, cash flow forecasts, and the principal risks facing the organisation, including the ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis and uncertainties around future funding. While the charity reported a deficit for the year and free reserves remain below the target level, the Trustees have reviewed detailed forecasts and are satisfied that sufficient liquidity exists to meet obligations for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. This conclusion is supported by the availability of cash balances, income from property and investments, and the ability to implement cost controls if required. The Trustees have also initiated a transformation programme and strategic review to financial sustainability in the medium term. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. LIVERPOOL CHARITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES · parent
   1. UW Giving · UK · operates as a payroll-giving agency charity and promotes (i) donations from the payroll to charities chosen by individuals, and (ii) donations made by employees acting together.
   2. United Trusts · UK · operates tax free payroll giving through LCVS.

Significant events

• “LCVS have invested time to modernise their approach this year including recently transitioning to a new cloud-based grant management software system (Plinth).”
• “This year (from March 2025), a new CEO was appointed by the board with a remit to oversee the transformation of LCVS.”
• “Cloud migration - transferring to Sharepoint/ One Drive from the current server system.”
• “Finance System - Selecting a new financial system is in progress with an aim for adoption in early 2026/27.”
• “Grant management system - Adopting Plinth.”
• “Customer Relationship Management System - moving from an existing system and exploring the potential for Plinth.”
• “HR System - Adopting HR Duo as a HR management system.”
• “Website - a new website being developed.”
• “Substantial policy and strategy development.”
• “In May 2024, a valuation of the building was undertaken by BNP Paribas Real Estate for the purposes of the Co-Operative Bank. The market value for security purposes was considered to be £3million.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -5.4%

  £2,639,206 → £2,497,193

• Cash

  -69.4%

  £140,020 → £42,878

• Net assets

  -6.1%

  £7,205,938 → £6,766,850

• Employees

  +4.2%

  24 → 25

• Profit before tax

  -695.4%

  £72,115 → -£429,387

• Wages

  +7.8%

  £639,776 → £689,708

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers