**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE022756 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1190699**
Report of the Trustees and
Unaudited Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
for
The Martin Gallier Project
D & L O'Neill Accountants Limited 95 Greendale Road Port Sunlight Wirral CH62 4XE
The Martin Gallier Project
Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
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|Report of the Trustees|1 to 3|
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7 to 13|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|14 to 15|
The Martin Gallier Project
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
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 ended 30 September 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 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Achievements And Performance**
## **A Year of Growth, Influence and Hope**
The year ending 30 September 2025 marked another transformational chapter for The Martin Gallier Project. What began from the devastating loss of Martin Gallier has grown into one of the North West's leading suicide prevention charities, supporting thousands of people whilst influencing the future of suicide prevention far beyond our own communities.
Throughout the year our commitment remained unchanged: if somebody needs us today, they should never have to wait until tomorrow.
Every decision made by the organisation continues to be driven by our three interconnected pillars of Prevention, Intervention and Postvention, recognising that suicide prevention extends beyond moments of crisis. It means building suicide-safer communities, providing immediate support to those considering suicide, and offering compassionate postvention to those rebuilding their lives after suicidal crisis or following the death of someone to suicide. Demand for our services continued to grow throughout the year, reflecting both increasing awareness of The Martin Gallier Project and the ongoing need for immediate, compassionate support. Despite this growth, we remained committed to providing immediate access to our specialist Suicide Intervention Workers with no waiting list, no referral criteria and no barriers to accessing support.
During the year we continued to strengthen our presence across the North West, ensuring more communities could access life-saving support closer to home whilst maintaining the values and personalised approach that have become synonymous with The Martin Gallier Project.
Alongside direct service delivery, 2025 represented an important step in establishing The Martin Gallier Project as a recognised voice within suicide prevention nationally. Our work brought together healthcare professionals, academics, commissioners, businesses, educators and people with lived experience to influence conversations around how suicide prevention services should be designed and delivered.
During the year, Liverpool John Moores University published its independent evaluation of The Martin Gallier Project, providing robust evidence of the effectiveness of our model and reinforcing what those we support have always told us: that compassionate, immediate, non-clinical intervention saves lives.
To mark the publication of the research, The Martin Gallier Project hosted a Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons, bringing together parliamentarians, academics, commissioners and sector leaders to launch the findings and demonstrate how evidence-based, community-led suicide prevention can transform lives and strengthen suicide prevention across the UK.
Earlier in the year, the charity also hosted the inaugural Wirral Suicide Prevention Conference, bringing together professionals, organisations and people with lived experience to share learning, inspire collaboration and strengthen the local response to suicide. The conference reflected our belief that suicide prevention is everybody's business and that lasting change is achieved when communities work together.
Whilst these milestones are significant, they represent something far greater than organisational success. Every new partnership, every training course delivered, every conference attendee and every conversation about suicide creates another opportunity for somebody to receive help before it is too late.
Throughout the year, we continued to strengthen and enhance our established services, investing in the sustainability, accessibility and quality of our support so that more people could benefit from immediate, compassionate care. This included:
- Immediate suicide intervention support delivered across our four community bases.
- Continued investment in our prevention programmes, including suicide awareness training, community engagement and Suicide Safer accreditation schemes.
- Expansion and strengthening of our postvention services, supporting people after suicidal crisis and those bereaved by suicide.
The Martin Gallier Project
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
- Deepening partnerships with NHS organisations, local authorities, education providers, employers and voluntary sector organisations.
- Investment in our workforce through recruitment, specialist training and ongoing professional development.
- Ongoing evaluation, monitoring and quality improvement to ensure our services remain evidence-based, personcentred and responsive.
Whilst statistics help demonstrate the scale of our work, they can never fully capture its impact. Behind every referral is a person whose future was uncertain. Behind every family supported is a story forever changed. Behind every training session is someone who may one day have the confidence to save a life.
As Trustees, we remain incredibly proud of the dedication shown by every member of staff, volunteer, supporter and partner organisation throughout another exceptionally demanding year. Their compassion, professionalism and unwavering belief that suicide is preventable continue to make The Martin Gallier Project what it is today. As we look towards the future, our ambition remains unchanged. We will continue striving for a world where suicide is no longer seen as inevitable, where asking for help is met with immediate compassion, and where nobody faces thoughts of suicide or the devastating impact of suicide alone.
Every day, our staff, volunteers, trustees, partners and supporters help create another opportunity for hope. Together, we will continue building Suicide Safer Communities, standing alongside those affected by suicide, and reminding anyone facing their darkest moment that there is always another conversation to be had.
**If it's between life and death, let's talk about the third option.**
## **STRATEGIC REPORT**
## **Reserves policy**
It is the Charity's policy to hold free reserves in its unrestricted funds to establish an appropriate level of working capital and to protect the future operations of the Charity from the effects of any unforeseen variations in its income streams as part of policy of good financial management practice.
The Trustees have set a reserves policy which requires free reserves to be maintained at a level which can ensure that The Martin Gallier Project's core charitable objectives can continue to be delivered even during a period of unforeseen difficulty. The calculation of the required level of reserves is an integral part of the organisation's planning, budget and forecast cycle. It takes into account:
- The resources required to manage and adjust staffing levels across the charity
- The resources required to fulfil existing contracts, leases and other obligations and commitments.
Based on these principles, the required target level of free reserves has been calculated as £90,000. This has been calculated to cover three months of essential services. Our long term aspiration is to build the reserves level to three months of total expenditure. Business plans are regularly reviewed by management to ensure efficient use of resources, successful delivery of activities and sustainability. The charity will continue to build up its free reserves over time to meet the required target level.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document**
The charity is controlled by it's governing document, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Registered Company number**
CE022756 (England and Wales)
The Martin Gallier Project
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
**Registered Charity number** 1190699
## **Registered office**
## **Trustees**
J Sawers P Murray-Knight E Blundell S Lee B Slater
## **Independent Examiner**
David Hughes D & L O'Neill Accountants Limited 95 Greendale Road Port Sunlight Wirral CH62 4XE
Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report, approved by order of the board of trustees, as the company directors, on 28.07.26 and signed on the board's behalf by:
E Blundell - Chair
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Martin Gallier Project
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Martin Gallier Project ('the Company')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 September 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**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians, which is one of the listed bodies.
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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. 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
4. 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.
## David Hughes
D & L O'Neill Accountants Limited 95 Greendale Road Port Sunlight Wirral CH62 4XE
Date: 28.07.26
The Martin Gallier Project
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
174,538
Other trading activities
3
21,508
Other income
782
**Total**
196,828
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
4
31,079
Other
153,486
**Total**
184,565
**NET INCOME**
12,263
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
24,414
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
36,677|Restricted
funds
£
509,263
-
-
509,263
41,003
468,260
509,263
-
-
-|30.9.25
Total
funds
£
683,801
21,508
782
706,091
72,082
621,746
693,828
12,263
24,414
36,677|30.9.24
Total
funds
£
486,172
20,607
482|
|---|---|---|---|
||||507,261|
||||61,698
443,699|
||||505,397|
||||1,864
22,550|
||||24,414|
The Martin Gallier Project
## Balance Sheet 30 September 2025
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
10
3,683
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Prepayments and accrued income
-
Cash at bank
42,522
42,522
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
11
(9,528)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
32,994
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
36,677
**NET ASSETS**
36,677
**FUNDS**
12
Unrestricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|30.9.25
Total
funds
£
3,683
-
42,522
42,522
(9,528)
32,994
36,677
36,677
36,677
36,677|30.9.24
Total
funds
£
4,910
4,900
96,479
101,379
(81,875)
19,504
24,414
24,414
24,414
24,414|
|---|---|---|---|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 September 2025.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
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.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28.07.26 and were signed on its behalf by:
E Blundell - Chair
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 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 2019)', 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.
## **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.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
## **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.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Gifts
Grants
Contracts
Merchandise
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Other grants
**3.**
**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
Training
**4.**
**RAISING FUNDS**
**Raising donations and legacies**
Staff costs
Events
**5.**
**SUPPORT COSTS**
Management
£
Other resources expended
70,425
Human
resources
£
Other resources expended
1,046|30.9.25
30.9.24
£
£
118,650
131,819
190,070
101,528
374,730
252,452
351
373
683,801
486,172
30.9.25
30.9.24
£
£
190,070
101,528
30.9.25
30.9.24
£
£
21,508
20,607
30.9.25
30.9.24
£
£
45,315
51,674
26,767
10,024
72,082
61,698
Information
Finance
technology
£
£
20,127
3,495
Other 2
Totals
£
£
12,500
107,593|
|---|---|
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
## **6. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
||30.9.25|30.9.24|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Depreciation - owned assets|1,228|1,637|
|Deficit on disposal of fixed assets|-|-|
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2025 nor for the year ended 30 September 2024.
## **8. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Employees|30.9.25
£
469,320
35,215
8,254
512,789
30.9.25
25|30.9.24
£
342,976
21,361
13,436|
|---|---|---|
|||377,773|
|||30.9.24
23|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
|**9.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
fund
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
139,617
Other trading activities
20,607
Other income
482
**Total**
160,706
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Raising funds
14,084
Other
144,758|Restricted
funds
£
346,555
-
-
346,555
47,614
298,941|Total
funds
£
486,172
20,607
482|
|---|---|---|
|||507,261|
|||61,698
443,699|
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
|**9.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
£
£
**Total**
158,842
346,555
**NET INCOME**
1,864
-
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
22,550
-
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
24,414
-
**10.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Fixtures
and
Motor
Computer
fittings
vehicles
equipment
£
£
£
**COST**
At 1 October 2024
3,850
-
7,423
Additions
-
-
-
At 30 September 2025
3,850
-
7,423
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 October 2024
1,395
-
4,968
Charge for year
614
-
614
Eliminated on disposal
-
-
-
At 30 September 2025
2,009
-
5,582
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 30 September 2025
1,841
-
1,841
At 30 September 2024
2,455
-
2,455|Total
funds
£|
|---|---|
||505,397|
||1,864
22,550|
||24,414|
||Totals
£
11,273
-
11,273
6,363
1,228
-
7,491
3,682
4,910|
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
## **11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||30.9.25|30.9.24|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Trade creditors|3,940|1,640|
|Social security and other taxes|3,391|5,833|
|Other creditors|1,997|3,940|
|Accruals and deferred income|-|70,262|
|Accrued expenses|200|200|
||9,528|18,995|
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
Liverpool John Moores
The Rose Paterson Trust
The Morrisons Foundation
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS FT
Cheshire Community Foundation
The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust
John Moores Foundation
Community Foundation for Merseyside
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
At
movement
At
1.10.24
in funds
30.9.25
£
£
£
24,414
12,263
36,677
24,414
12,263
36,677
Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
196,828
(184,565)
12,263
70,279
6,093
15,000
10,000
378,507
7,384
10,000
5,000
7,000
(70,279)
(6,093)
(15,000)
(10,000)
(378,507)
(7,384)
(10,000)
(5,000)
(7,000)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
509,263
(509,263)
-
706,091
(693,828)
12,263
Net
At
movement
At
1.10.23
in funds
30.9.24
£
£
£
22,550
1,864
24,414
22,550
1,864
24,414|
|---|---|
|||
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
Steve Morgan Foundation
Cheshire & West Partnership NHS FT
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
Resources
Movement
resources
expended
in funds
£
£
£
160,706
(158,842)
1,864
38,296
(38,296)
-
55,807
(55,807)
-
252,452
(252,452)
-
346,555
(346,555)
-
507,261
(505,397)
1,864|
|---|---|
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
At
movement
At
1.10.23
in funds
30.9.25
£
£
£
20,021
4,393
24,414
20,021
4,393
24,414|Net
At
movement
At
1.10.23
in funds
30.9.25
£
£
£
20,021
4,393
24,414
20,021
4,393
24,414|
|---|---|---|
|||24,414|
The Martin Gallier Project
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||Incoming|
Resources|Movement|
|---|---|---|---|
||resources|
expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|357,534|(343,407)|14,127|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|National Lottery|108,575|(108,575)|-|
|Liverpool John Moores|6,093|(6,093)|-|
|The Rose Paterson Trust|15,000|(15,000)|-|
|The Morrisons Foundation|10,000|(10,000)|-|
|Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS FT|630,959|(630,959)|-|
|Cheshire Community Foundation|7,384|(7,384)|-|
|Steve Morgan Foundation|55,807|(55,807)|-|
|The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust|10,000|(10,000)|-|
|John Moores Foundation|5,000|(5,000)|-|
|Community Foundation for Merseyside|7,000|(7,000)|-|
||855,818|(855,818)|-|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|1,213,352|(1,199,225)|14,127|
## **13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 30 September 2025.
The Martin Gallier Project
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||30.9.25|30.9.24|
||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Gifts|118,650|131,819|
|Grants|190,070|101,528|
|Contracts|374,730|252,452|
|Merchandise|351|373|
||683,801|486,172|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Training|21,508|20,607|
|**Other income**|||
|Bank interest|782|482|
|**Total incoming resources**|706,091|507,261|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Raising donations and legacies**|||
|Wages|41,003|47,614|
|Social security|4,312|4,060|
|Events|26,767|10,024|
||72,082|61,698|
|**Other**|||
|Wages|428,317|295,362|
|Social security|30,903|17,301|
|Pensions|8,254|13,436|
|Travelling costs|3,806|3,691|
|Motor expenses|4,677|3,317|
|Training|9,096|4,638|
|Consultants|17,382|4,845|
|Subcontractors|2,780|8,363|
|Purchases|7,710|4,147|
|Fixtures and fittings|614|818|
|Motor vehicles|-|-|
|Computer equipment|614|819|
|Loss on sale of tangible fixed assets|-|-|
||514,153|356,737|
|**Support costs**|||
|**Management**|||
|Rent and water|49,845|39,560|
|Carried forward|49,845|39,560|
The Martin Gallier Project
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 30 September 2025|||
|---|---|---|
||30.9.25|30.9.24|
||£|£|
|**Management**|||
|Brought forward|49,845|39,560|
|Insurance|7,957|7,986|
|Light and heat|3,268|4,315|
|Postage and stationery|4,755|4,372|
|Advertising|1,975|481|
|Sundries|-|2,043|
|Repairs & renewals|1,852|6,033|
|Subscriptions|773|1,097|
||70,425|65,887|
|**Finance**|||
|Telephone|16,431|12,347|
|Bank charges|111|205|
|Accountancy fees|3,585|1,080|
|Events|-|-|
||20,127|13,632|
|**Information technology**|||
|Website and IT support|3,495|3,034|
|**Human resources**|||
|Workwear|845|2,381|
|Cleaning|201|1,278|
||1,046|3,659|
|**Other 2**|||
|Professional fees|12,500|750|
|Total resources expended|693,828|505,397|
|**Net income**|12,263|1,864|