REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE012578 (England and Wales} REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1176143
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1ST SEPTEMBER 2024 TO 31ST AUGUST 2025 FOR LSSP
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
Contents
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| Report of the Trustees | 2 - 3 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 4 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 5 |
| Balance Sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 7 - 8 |
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
Trustee's Report
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year 1st September 2024 to 31 August 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).
INCORPORATION
The charitable company was incorporated on 6 December 2017.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
LSSP Foundation is dedicated to providing all children and young people with the best possible PE, School Sport and Physical Activity experiences.
The objectives of the CIO are:
Helping young people through school and leisure based activities to develop their capabilities so that they may grow to become mature, responsible individuals and members of society who recognise the importance of physical activity
Significant activities The main activities of the charity are:
To increase participation and engagement
To provide appropriate sport/leisure/education training opportunities
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To provide a broad range of engagement activities ta Information, Advice, Guidance
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To provide access to appropriate mentoring and counselling Education and training
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To act as a resource for education and training for disaffected young people
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To generate and support Research projects relating To the impact of increasing physical activity on young people's healthe and well-being.
Public benefit
The trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers or duties. The public benefit of the charity's activities is outlined above.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable activities
The Trustees met four times (October 24/ January 25 / March 25 / June 25) in the year of this report. The main achievements of the CIO during the year were as follows: Core work:
Primary School Support: We have engaged 79 Liverpool primary schools.
The programmes included: competition & events, learn to cycle; health and well-being; leadership; learn to scoot safely, outdoor & adventurous activities; yoga & mindfulness; fundamental movement skills, personal safety workshops, PE specialist coaching support, continual professional development and conferencing and networking events.
Secondary School Support: We have engaged 25 Liverpool secondary schools. The programmes included;
competition & events; developing leadership & employability skills, intervention programme; continual professional development and conferencing/networking events.
Apprenticeships
We continue to work with our training partner - Education and Sporting Futures
13 learners in total
3 x level 2
6 x level 3
4 x level 4
5 of the learners above progressed from last year, 3 are new starters & the others are on 18 month courses
Leadership: We delivered leadership opportunities to 209 secondary aged students who engaged with younger pupils through delivering nurture clubs in 7 schools. A further 542 sports leaders were trained to support and offciate at LSSP primary school competitions, events and festivals.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
Wellbeing Programmes (SAFE): We have engaged 276 'disaffected' secondary aged boys who are at risk of involvement with the police.
HAF: We provided one week of holiday activities in October, February, April, June and four weeks in summer. Engaging 288 children aged 5 to 11 years olds in total, with 2,303 attendances.
Girls FA School Sport Partnership: we are the key strategic delivery partner for this FA programme in Liverpool. The aim is for girls to have equal access to footballing opportunities. 56% schools completed equal access survey and 33% completed the digital survey
The main ongoing challenges are as follows:
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Apprenticeship Programme - become our own registered provider - the process has started.
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Uncertainty around Government expenditure is producing additional pressure on schools which may impact schools being able to buy our
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Acquiring other relevant sources of grant funding
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To ensure the Board continues to evolve and Trustees have the right skill set to further develop the work of the Foundation. In addition a new
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial position
The charity's results for the financial year ending 31 August 2025 are set out in the attached financial statements and notes.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document LSSP Foundation is a charitable incorporation organisation (CIO) governed by its constitution dated 2 December 2017. The CIO was registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales on 6 December 2017.
The Trustees who served during the year and to the date of this report are listed below.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number CE012578 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number
1176143
Registered office
St Margaret's C of E Academy Aigburth Road Liverpool L17 6AB
Trustees
J McGinn - appointed 06/12/17 - resigned 19/06/2023 A Dando - appointed 06/12/17 - resigned 12/06/2023 V Curran - appointed 06/12/17 - resigned 20/06/2023 S Ramsey - appointed 06/12/17 - resigned 06/11/2020 M Leatherbarrow - appointed 26/02/19 K Taylor - appointed 26/02/19 - resigned October 2023 W Haycock - appointed 12/06/22 - resigned 25/06/24 P Dickinson - appointed 06/06/23 Jon Pettit - appointed 06/06/23 David Hayes - appointed 06/02/24 Nik Smith - appointed 06/02/24 Mick Daley - apponited 26/03/2025
Independent examiner
MS Finance Limited, 7 Lucas Avenue, Liverpool, L16 2AA
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 1st December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
m leatherbarrow
Paul Dickinson (Nov 28, 2025 09:49:38 GMT) m leatherbarrow (Dec 2, 2025 14:02:12 GMT)
Chairperson Trusteee
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LSSP FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of LSSP ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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Mark Smith
For and on behalf of:
MS Finance Limited, 7 Lucas Avenue, Liverpool, L16 2AA
1st December 2025
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - LSSP FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2025
| Charitable activity Total Charitable activity Total NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD Funds transferred from host schools TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD EXPENDITURE ON INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
Year Ended Aug-25 £ Funds 907,423 907,423 £ Funds 985,051 985,051 (77,627) 720,624 - 642,997 |
Period Ended Aug-24 £ Funds 580,344 |
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| 580,344 | ||
| £ Funds 586,080 |
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| 586,080 | ||
| (5,736) 726,360 0 |
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| 720,624 |
The notes form part of these financial statements
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BALANCE SHEET - LSSP
AS AT 31ST AUGUST 2025
| Notes 3 4 Cash at bank CREDITORS 5 NET CURRENT LIABILITIES FUNDS Unrestricted funds 6 Resticted funds 7 TOTAL FUNDS CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Amounts falling due within one year NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT FIXED ASSETS |
Year Ended Aug-25 £ 17,520 62,202 663,834 726,036 (100,559) 625,477 642,997 642,997 315,550 327,447 642,997 642,997 |
Period Ended Aug-24 £ - 180,796 737,803 |
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| 918,599 | ||
| (197,975) | ||
| 720,624 | ||
| 720,624 | ||
| 720,624 | ||
| 456,645 263,979 |
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| 720,624 | ||
| 720,624 |
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 in accordance with The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
(a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and {b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 1st December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:
m leatherbarrow
Paul Dickinson (Nov 28, 2025 09:49:38 GMT)
Chairperson
m leatherbarrow (Dec 2, 2025 14:02:12 GMT) Trusutee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - LSSP
AS AT 31ST AUGUST 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
Going concern
The Trustees believe that the CIO's financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis on the grounds that future funding will be adequate to meet the CIO's needs for a year of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Income
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 August 2025.
| Accruals & deferred income Trade debtors 5. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Trade creditors Taxes & Pension Liabilities Fixture & Fittingss - Net Book Value Archbishop Beck College Debtor Prepayments & Other Debtors 4. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 3. FIXED ASSETS Motor Vehicles - Net Book Value Office Equipment - Net Book Value |
Year Ended Aug-25 £ 16,421 1,010 88 17,520 Year Ended Aug-25 £ 53,984 781 7,437 62,202 Year Ended Aug-25 £ 0 (37,091) (63,468) (100,559) |
Period Ended Aug-24 £ 0 0 0 |
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| 0 | ||
| Period Ended Aug-24 £ 121,438 50,781 8,577 |
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| 180,796 | ||
| Period Ended Aug-24 £ 0 (24,871) (173,104) |
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| (197,975) |
3. FIXED ASSETS
The notes form part of these financial statements
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTINUED - LSSP
AS AT 31ST AUGUST 2025
6. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
| TOTAL FUNDS Unrestricted funds Funds Restricted Funds |
Year Ended Aug-25 £ 327,447 315,550 642,997 |
Period Ended Aug-24 £ 263,979 456,645 |
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| 720,624 |
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
| Year ended 31st August 2025 TOTAL FUNDS Period ended 31st August 2024 TOTAL FUNDS Restricted funds Funds brought forward General fund Funds transferred from host schools Restricted funds General fund Funds brought forward Funds transferred from host schools |
B/fwd Incoming Transfer Resources Movement Funds Resources of funds Expended In Funds £ £ £ £ £ - - 263,979 198,480 135,012 - 327,447 456,645 708,943 850,039 - 315,550 |
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| 720,624 907,423 - 985,051 - 642,997 |
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| B/fwd Incoming Transfer Resources Movement Funds Resources of funds Expended In Funds £ £ £ £ £ - - - - - 263,979 263,979 462,381 580,344 586,080 - 456,645 |
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| 726,360 580,344 - 586,080 - 720,624 |
7. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
The following funds are still outstanding from host schools in the period ended 31 August 2025.
Archbishop Beck School 781 - All Saints Academy - St Margarets Academy 781 Other School Debtor - Total recognised fund transfers 781
In addition, it is acknowledged that Archbishop Beck School owes a further £781 which will be transferred to the Charity in due course. This debtor has been included in the prepared accounts and form part of the retained earnings.
Going Concern
On reviewing the funds of the LSSP charity and from information provided to us, we believe that the LSSP charity has sufficient funds to meet its current obligations for 18 months and can meet any cessation costs that may arise in the near future from accumulated funds.
The notes form part of these financial statements
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