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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
**ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR END 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
**Charity Registration No. 1205563**
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **CONTENTS**
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|Independent Ex|||8|
|Statement of Financial Activities|||9|
|Balance Sheet|||10|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|||11|
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**OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the Charitable Incorporated Organisation for the year ended 31[st] August 2025.
Charities Act 2011 and 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 published (FRS 102) (effective 1[st] January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The charitable incorporated organisation will exist to:
- 1) Promotes social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).
- 2) Relieve the financial hardship among people living or working in the wider Merseyside area by providing such persons with food and other necessities which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.
- 3) To further or benefit the residents of the wider Merseyside area, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.
## **Public Benefits**
In considering the objectives and activities, the trustees have considered Charity Commission guidance on public benefit to ensure that the organisation is meeting its public benefit requirements.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
Our House community has had a good busy year.
## **Counselling**
Our Counselling service has had a high demand of referrals. We have increased our student counsellors from 3 to 5 and continue to have 2 voluntary qualified therapists. Our referrals mainly -referral. The reason for referral is mainly anxiety, depression, grief or loneliness. Having the extra counsellors has helped keep the waiting time down.
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## **Volunteer Engagement**
We have had an increase in volunteers this year across the Hub and streetwise. At Our House we now have 5 male volunteers compared to 1 last year. Their roles vary from café, pantry, singing group, history group, barber and a pool group. We have celebrated their commitment and support with a Xmas and summer meal out. Their dedication to the charity is humbling. Having the volunteer coordinators has made a big difference to the individual support and development of each volunteer. 3 of the volunteers have improved their English significantly since starting as this was one of their goals. 1 being Italian, 1 being Iranian and one Spanish.
## **Exercise and Fitness**
We now run a total of 3 yoga classes, 3 fitness classes and 1 dance class. All the classes are well attended with the average age of those attending between 65-75. The feedback response from a survey carried out showed that most members had increased their fitness level, felt better in themselves with more energy, and their mental health had improved.
## **Community Café**
The Café is a busy area offering an opportunity to members to have a hot nutritious meal, make new friends and eat with others. Any new member is always welcomed at the tables and cared for by other members. Feedback is sought over meal ideas, with specials put on each week and all food is made to order. We have had an increase in older men becoming members and taking part in activities because of attending the café.
## **Community Engagement.**
Our House Community has worked hard this year forging links with the local schools, 1 has worked collaboratively on seeking health & fitness support for its parents where English is not the first language spoken. This has resulted in better working relationships with the school with regular fitness activities shared.
We have held a multi professional community meeting at the hub to improve cross working relationships. We have a number of different professionals having a regular set presence including Smoke Free Liverpool, Riverside Housing, MacMillan cancer care, Moorecrofts family solicitor and the local police.
## **Arts and Crafts**
The Art & Craft group has increased in size with 2 regular groups on each week. They have made some lovely things which are displayed around the building. These groups encourage friendships and help to reduce loneliness and isolation.
## **Community Garden**
The Community Garden gives people the chance to grow their own things and be self-sufficient. It allows members and the public to sit in a quiet place have conversations in the fresh air and appreciate some green space in a built-up area. Our summer fayre was successfully held out there this year.
## **Community Pantry**
The Pantry has worked better being held fortnightly. Money to stock the pantry with fresh goods has come from both Feeding Liverpool and Riverside Housing as what is taken in payments on embers with a resource to buy healthy food on a cheap budget. We have seen an increase in asylum seekers needing the resource as well as the older members of the community. The pantry also provides an opportunity for people to socialise and make friends.
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## **Mental Health support.**
This year we have completed 4 mental health courses that have housed between 8-12 people have continued to attend the hub and participate in other activities.
Happy Mums course was put on for 3 consecutive weeks catering for mums from different ethnic backgrounds who have been struggling with their MH. As a result, we now deliver sessions at St Arnot St school to bring exercise and support to them as bringing down the barriers is still proving quite difficult.
## **Streetwise**
We have lost a few volunteers but have also had an equal amount waiting for taster sessions and training. This will be picked up when David is replaced.
## **Social Activities**
Bingo & Quiz are continuing to grow and be successful.
Grotto was a brilliant day, all slots filled and no incidents. We raised £400
Outings, 3 took place, Rock & Roll Panto in January, Coach trip to Shropshire in April, and another full day trip to Bowness with a River ride in September. All were successful and everyone had a brilliant day. All sold out quickly with members as they absolutely love the trips as it relieves isolation and loneliness.
Pensioners Meals, LCC gave £500 towards us providing a 2 course D Day Celebration party meal in June with entertainment. The day was a massive success and the Local Community Police attended to help serve on our people, as well as a recording crew making a Jimmy Mulville production about Walton. Our House played a main part in the documentary.
We put on 3 Slow Cooker courses, and all were well attended and more have been asked for. These were funded by Sainsburys
Fundraiser in June was a summer fayre which raised over £400.
Training, Fire Marshall Training was completed with the hub staff in June which was a full day as well as First Aid training.
This year we have been able to take on an admin assistant for 7.5 hours a week which has helped immensely. Our aim is to find funds to be able to increase this post to 3 days a week. A new Health and Wellbeing staff member replaced Carmen Johnson doing the role.
We have worked closely with our local Neighbourhood manager, becoming part of a wider community network, of which in June over 40 local professionals attended a network meeting which was hosted by the Hub.
Our financial status is much better with over £21,000 in a savings reserve and the main account in a stronger position than last year.
## **Year End 2025 Pearls Project Summary**
Wellbeing and Trauma-Informed Support In 2025, following funding awarded by Community Foundation for Merseyside -informed wellbeing support through a dedicated Wellbeing Worker. This enabled consistent one-to-one support, group activity and relational check-ins, supporting women experiencing sex work, exploitation and substance use, many of whom are homeless, and contributing to improved emotional wellbeing, reduced isolation and increased confidence.
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and weekly wellbeing check-ins within a large YMCA hostel, working closely with hostel staff to provide joined-up support. This was made possible by the growth of our volunteer team, increasing capacity. Through this work, women accessed positive spaces that nurtured safety and confidence and increased support to navigate systemic barriers and access services. We have now been able to recruit additional volunteers and pl 2026.
Wellbeing, Choice and Positive Activity Women had increasing choice over activities, including creative sessions, swimming, horse riding, bowling and cinema visits. Choosing meaningful activity reduces isolation and supports emotional regulation, confidence and social connection.
Improved Access to Healthcare and Advocacy We have developed partnership with a local GP, women to attend GP, hospital and specialist appointments, including sexual health, gynecology, cancer treatment and many of which would not otherwise have been accessed without our support and advocacy. Women were also supported to navigate housing, benefits and the criminal justice system, and to contribute their experiences to oral health research, -informed ways.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
Total income for the year was £256,106 (2024: £197,434) of which £169,431 (2024: £88,459) related to funding for projects upon which restrictions are placed.
Total expenditure for the year was £228,836 (2024: £116,597), leaving a surplus for the year of £27,270 (2024: surplus £80,837).
At 31[st] August 2025 108,107 (2024: £80,837) of which £73,417 (2024: £49,064) represented restricted funds.
## **RISK MANAGEMENT**
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Charitable Incorporated Organisation is exposed and are satisfied those systems are in place to manage exposure to the major risks
## **RESERVES POLICY**
It is the policy of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation to maintain unrestricted funds, which should no further funding be received
As at the end of the financial year the unrestricted funds totalled £34,690. The Charitable Incorporated Organisation requires £5,768 for redundancy provision and £20,939 for three , Total £26,707.
## **PLANS FOR THE FUTURE**
We have plans to increase the number of fitness sessions being offered, start a food and mood course, host a Xmas grotto and a Xmas fayre. Take a coach full of members to see a pantomime and have an evening theatre trip. We are seeking ways of having a new garden building built that will host our counselling rooms and free up much needed space in the building. A new sociology group is also in the planning stage. We will work closely with the local primary schools to encourage parents from different ethnic backgrounds to visit the hub, especially the pantry and provide fitness sessions to the mothers of the children. We will work hard to recruit more trustees.
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## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
Our House Community CIO is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), number 1205563 registered on 3[rd] November 2023 under the terms of the Constitution 9[th] October 2023.
The first charity trustees are as follows and are appointed for the following terms.
|Jonathon Findlay|3 Years|
|---|---|
|Lisa Madariaga|2 Years|
|Julie Smedley|3 Years|
|Joanna Dufton|2 Years|
The charity currently has four trustees which is the minimum required, but there is a maximum of twelve trustees allowed according to its constitution.
## **Appointment of charity trustees**
Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed [for a term of two or three years] by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Information for new charity trustees**
The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment:
- a copy of the current version of this constitution; and
In the event of the CIO being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
**Name** Our House Community **Charity number** 1205563 **Address & Office** Our House Community Hub 15 Heathcote Road Walton Liverpool L4 6XB **Trustees** The members of the Board of Trustees are as follows: J Dufton J Findlay I McNally (Appointed 1[st] September 2025) J Smedley
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**Independent Examiner** Ying Huang, ACCA c/o LCVS 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2AH **Bankers** The Co-operative Bank- Business Business Customer Services PO Box 250 Skelmersdale WN8 6WT
## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees**
12/05/2026
**J Findlay, Trustee Date**
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
I report on the accounts of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation for the year ended 31[st] August 2025 which are set out on pages 9 to 21.
_Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner_
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
_Basis of independent_
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently
view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
_statement_
- (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
- (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Name **: Mrs Ying Haung**
Relevant professional qualification or body: **ACCA** Address: _**c/o LCVS 151 Dale Street, L2 2AH**_ 21 May 2026
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||**Notes**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||||||**3rd Nov 23**|
|||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**to 31st Aug**|
||||||**2024**|
|**Income and Endowments**
**from:**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations and legacies|2a|12,434|-|12,434|15,915|
|Charitable activities|2b|34,729|169,431|204,160|117,822|
|Other trading activities|2c|39,214|-|39,214|16,411|
|Investments|2d|298|-|298|-|
|Other income|2e|-|-|-|47,286|
|||------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total income**||**86,675**|**169,431**|**256,106**|**197,434**|
|||------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|**Expenditure on:**||||||
|Charitable activities|3|83,758|145,078|228,836|116,597|
|||------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|**Total expenditure**||**83,758**|**145,078**|**228,836**|**116,597**|
|||------------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|**Net income, net**
**movement in funds**||**2,917**|**24,353**|**27,270**|**80,837**|
|Total funds brought
forward|8, 9|31,773|49,064|80,837|-|
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|**Total funds carried**
**forward**|7 - 9|**34,690**|**73,417**|**108,107**|**80,837**|
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The notes on pages 11 to 21 form part of these accounts.
All the above amounts relate to continuing activities of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||**Notes**|**31st August**|**2025**|**31st August**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fixed assets**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|4||**3,188**||**3,093**|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors|5|2,014||2,319||
|Cash at bank and in hand||105,581||77,324||
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|||107,595||79,643||
|**Current liabilities**||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling
due within one year|6|(2,676)||(1,899)||
|||-----------||-----------||
|**Net current assets**|||**104,919**||**77,744**|
||||-----------||-----------|
|**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**|||**108,107**||**80,837**|
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|**Funds:**||||||
|Unrestricted funds|7, 8||34,690||31,773|
|Restricted funds|7, 9||73,417||49,064|
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||||**108,107**||**80,837**|
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## 12/05/2026
## **Approved by Trustees on**
**J Findlay, Trustee**
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **Basis of Accounting**
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (SORP 2015) and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1[st] January 2019) and Charities Act 2011.
The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The Charitable Incorporated Organisation has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for Charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
## **Going concern**
At the time of approving the accounts, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charitable Incorporated Organisation has adequate reserves to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Trustees are confident that the levels of liquidity and free reserves will not affect the Charitable Incorporated Organisation operations. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are the charitable Incorporated Organisation free reserves available for the Trustees to apply in accordance with the charitable objects.
Restricted funds are subject to specific restrictive conditions imposed by the donor. All restricted funds are accounted for as restricted income and expenditure for the purposes is charged to the fund.
## **Income recognition**
All income is recognised once the Charitable Incorporated Organisation has entitlement to the income, there is sufficient certainty of receipt and so it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Donations and legacies comprise donations which are recognised in the accounts when received, with the exception of known legacies which are accounted for when their receipt is certain.
Income from charitable activities is recognised on an basis except for grants receivable, which are recognised on the date on which their unconditional payment is confirmed by the donor. Income from Other trading activities relates to Fundraising and rental income and is recognised on an basis.
Other Income relates to the transfer of assets from the CIC.
## **Fixed Assets**
Capital expenditure of £250 and above is treated as a fixed asset and depreciated on the following bases in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
Equipment: 20% per annum reducing balance basis Computer equipment 33.33% per annum straight line basis Motor Vehicle: 20% per annum reducing balance basis
## **Expenditure recognition**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Charitable Incorporated Organisation to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
All expenditure is accounted for on an basis. All expenses, including support costs and governance costs, are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings in the Statement of Financial Activities. Support and governance costs are applied to unrestricted funds unless specifically included in the restrictions, as specified by the donor.
Expenditure on charitable activities relate to the operation of the charity comprising of direct charitable expenditure to meet the objectives of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Support and governance costs relate to the management and operation of the Organisation and also compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements in producing the annual report. These are dealt with in the Statement of Financial Activities when payment has been approved by the charity.
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other shortterm liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.
## **Financial instruments**
instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## **Basic financial assets**
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
## **Basic financial liabilities**
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **Derecognition of financial liabilities**
discharged or cancelled.
## **Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
All expenditure is accounted for on an basis. All expenses, including support costs and governance costs, are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings in the Statement of Financial Activities. Support and governance costs are applied to unrestricted funds unless specifically included in the restrictions, as specified by the donor.
Cost of charitable activities relate to the operation of the charity comprising of direct charitable expenditure to meet the objectives of the charity. Support and governance costs relate to the management and operation of the organisation and also compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements in producing the annual report. These are dealt with in the Statement of Financial Activities when payment has been approved by the charity
## **Taxation**
Income and gains are exempt from taxation as they are received and applied for charitable purposes only. The Charitable Incorporated Organisation benefits from various exemptions from taxation afforded by tax legislation and is not liable to corporation tax on income or gains falling within those exemptions. The Charitable Incorporated Organisation is not able to recover Value Added Tax. Expenditure is recorded in the accounts inclusive of VAT.
## **2. Income and endowments from:**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
|||||**3rd Nov 23**|
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**to 31st Aug**|
|||||**2024**|
|**a. Donations and legacies**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations|**12,434**|**-**|**12,434**|**15,915**|
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Income from donations and legacies for year end 2024 relates wholly to unrestricted funds
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||||||**3rd Nov 23**|
|||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**to 31st Aug**|
||||||**2024**|
|**b. Charitable activities**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Activities||9,790|-|9,790|6,490|
|Another Way
Foundation||-|5,000|5,000|-|
|Café Income||14,395|-|14,395|8,537|
|Citizens Advice Household
Support Fund||-|8,558|8,558|5,723|
|Communities Together Grant||-|2,180|2,180|-|
|Innovate UK||-|-|-|5,964|
|LCVS Community Impact Fund||-|2,998|2,998|1,070|
|Liverpool VCFSE Health and
Wellbeing Fund||-|28,622|28,622|17,716|
|Liverpool City Council
Neighbourhood Fund|Local|-|3,800|3,800|4,250|
|Merseyside
|Fund|-|7,000|7,000|-|
|National Lottery Community
Fund||-|108,587|108,587|53,736|
|North West Housing
Community Fund||-|500|500|-|
|Pantry Income||9,434|-|9,434|12,613|
|Room and Gym hire||1,110|-|1,110|1,723|
|Sainsburys Good for all of us
Community Grant||-|1,500|1,500|-|
|Torus Foundation CIF||-|686|686|-|
|||----------|----------|----------|----------|
|||**34,729**|**169,431**|**204,160**|**117,822**|
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Income from charitable activities for year end 2024 relates to £88,459 for restricted funds and £29,363 related to unrestricted funds.
|**c. Other trading activities**|**£**
|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fundraising|1,701|-|1,701|1,020|
|Rental Income|37,513|-|37,513|15,391|
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||**39,214**|**-**|**39,214**|**16,411**|
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|Income from Other trading activities for year end 2024||relates wholly to unrestricted||funds|
|**d. Investments**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Bank interest|**298**|**-**|**298**|**-**|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
|||||**3rd Nov 23**|
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**to 31st Aug**|
|||||**2024**|
|**e. Other income**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Transfer of assets from CIC
12142519|**-**|**-**|**-**|**47,286**|
||======|======|======|======|
Income from other income for year end 2024 relates wholly to unrestricted funds
## **3. Expenditure on Charitable activities**
||**Direct**|**Direct**|**Support &**|**Support &**|**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Charitable**||**Governance**||||
||**Expenditure**||**Costs**||||
|||||||**3rd Nov 23**|
||**2025**||**2025**||**2025**|**to 31st Aug**|
|||||||**2024**|
||**£**||**£**||**£**|**£**|
|To promote social inclusion for the|||||||
|public benefit by preventing|||||||
|people from becoming socially|||||||
|excluded, relieving the needs of
those people who are socially|184,745||44,091||**228,836**|**116,597**|
|excluded and|||||||
|assisting them to integrate into|||||||
|society.|||||||
||======||======||======|======|
|analysed as follows:|||||||
|||**2025**|**3rd Nov 2023 to**
**31st Aug 2024**||||
|_Direct charitable expenditure:_||**£**||**£**|||
|Staff salary costs|101,066|||37,224|||
|Pension||2,309||828|||
|Volunteer expenses||1,113||797|||
|Sessional fees||910||7,718|||
|Activities and events||12,768||6,499|||
|Pantry||16,891||20,014|||
|Building running costs||39,136||15,068|||
|Café & kitchen||5,953||3,243|||
|Donations and gifts||172||-|||
|Equipment||504||-|||
|Project Costs||2,603||1,426|||
|Travel expenses||682||496|||
|Fare share fees||256||999|||
|Room hire||40||-|||
|DBS fees||342||232|||
||-----------||-----------||||
||**104,745**|||**94,544**|||
||-----------||-----------||||
## **a.** analysed as follows:
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||**2025**|**3rd Nov 2023 to**
**31st Aug 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|_Support & Governance costs:_
|**£**|**£**|
|Staff salary costs|31,537|10,162|
|Pension|689|207|
|Telephone and internet|787|593|
|Trustee Expenses|-|196|
|Subscriptions|36|85|
|Insurance|1,123|1,609|
|Refreshments|73|-|
|Training|1,118|875|
|Motor costs|1,341|2,034|
|Consultancy|-|950|
|Sundry|626|43|
|Bank charges|-|245|
|Computer costs|532|148|
|Website costs|253|390|
|Finance support|3,069|2,954|
|Payroll fees|930|285|
|Accountancy|1,294|1,065|
|Depreciation|683|212|
||----------|----------|
||**44,091**|**22,053**|
||----------|----------|
|**Total expenditure on charitable**
**activities**|**228,836**|**116,597**|
||======|======|
£145,078 (2024: £39,395) of the above expenditure is restricted expenditure
||**2025**|**3rd Nov 2023 to**
**31st Aug 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|b. Staff costs|**£**|**£**|
|Gross wages and salaries|130,351|47,386|
|Social security costs|2,252|-|
|Pension|2,998|1,035|
||------------|------------|
||**135,601**|**48,421**|
||=======|=======|
## c. **Particulars of employees:**
The average number of employees during the year 8.4 (2024: 3.0), and calculated on the basis of full-time equivalents, was as follows:
||**2025**|**3rd Nov 2023 to**
**31st Aug 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|Charitable activities|**6.1**|**3**|
||===|===|
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. (2024: nil)
The Trustees are not remunerated for their services and are not included in the above number of employees.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **4. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Tangible fixed assets**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**Plant &**|**Motor**|**Total**|
||**Machinery**|**Vehicle**||
|**Cost:**|**£**
|**£**|**£**|
|Balance at 1stSeptember 2024|2,320|985|3,305|
|Additions in the year|778|-|778|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Balance at 31st August 2025**|**3,098**|**985**|**4,083**|
||======|======|======|
|**Depreciation:**||||
|Balance at 1stSeptember 2024|48|164|212|
|Charge for the year|519|164|683|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|
|**Balance at 31st August 2025**|**567**|**328**|**895**|
||======|======|======|
|**Net Book Value at 31st August**
**2025**|**2,531**|**657**|**3,188**|
||======|======|======|
|Net Book Value at 31stAugust 2024|2,272|821|3,093|
||======|======|======|
|**Debtors**||||
||**2025**|**2024**||
||**£**
|**£**||
|Prepayments|**2,014**|**2,319**||
||======|======||
## **5. Debtors**
## **6. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Accruals|2,219|1,555|
|Pension|457|344|
||-----------|-----------|
||**2,676**|**1,899**|
||======|======|
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **7. Analysis of net assets between Funds**
|**2025**||**Tangible**
**Fixed**|**Net**
**Current**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Assets**|**Assets**||
|**Unrestricted Funds**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Fund||**2,275**|**32,415**|**34,690**|
|**Restricted Funds**|||||
|||-|5,000|5,000|
|Citizens Advice Household Support
Fund||-|167|167|
|Communities Together Grant||-|1,008|1,008|
|LCVS Community Impact Fund||-|1,774|1,774|
|Liverpool VCFSE Health and
Wellbeing Fund||-|11,360|11,360|
|Liverpool City Council Local
Neighbourhood Fund||913|36|949|
|||-|5,811|5,811|
|National Lottery Community Fund||-|47,348|47,348|
|||------------|------------|------------|
|||**913**|**72,504**|**73,417**|
|||------------|------------|------------|
|**Totals**||**3,188**|**104,919**|**108,107**|
|||=======|=======|=======|
|**2024**||**Tangible**
**Fixed**|**Net**
**Current**|**Total**|
|||**Assets**|**Assets**||
|**Unrestricted Funds**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Fund||**3,093**|**26,680**|**31,773**|
|**Restricted Funds**|||||
|Citizens Advice Household Support
Fund||-|13|13|
|LCVS Community Impact Fund||-|120|120|
|Liverpool VCFSE Health and
Wellbeing Fund||-|6,240|6,240|
|Liverpool City Council Local
Neighbourhood Fund||-|2,405|2,405|
|National Lottery Community Fund||-|40,286|40,286|
|||------------|------------|------------|
|||**-**|**49,064**|**49,064**|
|||------------|------------|------------|
|**Totals**||**3,093**|**77,744**|**80,837**|
|||=======|=======|=======|
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **8. Unrestricted funds**
|||**Movements in the Year**|**Movements in the Year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Reserves**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Reserves**|
|**2025**|**at beginning**|||**at End**|
||**of year**|||**of year**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Fund|**31,773**|**86,675**|**(83,758)**|**34,690**|
||=======|=======|========|=======|
|||**Movements**|**in the Period**||
||**Reserves**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Reserves**|
|**2024**|**at beginning**|||**at End**|
||**of period**|||**of period**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Fund|**-**|**108,975**|**(77,202)**|**31,773**|
||=======|=======|========|=======|
|**General Fund**is used to finance the|||general||
## **9. Restricted funds**
|||**Movement in the Year**|**Movement in the Year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Reserves**|**Income **|**Expenditure**|**Reserves**|
|**2025**|**at beginning**|||**at end**|
||**of year**|||**of year**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Foundation|-|5,000|(-)|5,000|
|Citizens Advice Household
Support Fund|13|8,558|(8,404)|167|
|Communities Together Grant|-|2,180|(1,172)|1,008|
|LCVS Community Impact Fund|120|2,998|(1,344)|1,774|
|Liverpool VCFSE Health and
Wellbeing Fund|6,240|28,622|(23,502)|11,360|
|Liverpool City Council Local
Neighbourhood Fund|2,405|3,800|(5,256)|949|
||-|7,000|(1,189)|5,811|
|National Lottery Community
Fund|40,286|108,587|(101,525)|47,348|
|North West Housing Community
Fund|-|500|(500)|-|
|Sainsburys Good for all of us
Community Grant||1,500|(1,500)|-|
|Torus Foundation CIF||686|(686)|-|
||-------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
||**49,064**|**169,431**|**(145,078)**|**73,417**|
||=======|======|=======|=======|
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Docusign Envelope ID: 67F705C9-C53E-8EBB-81E8-BA322639976F
## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||||**Movement in**|**the Period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Reserves**||**Income **|**Expenditure**|**Reserves**|
|**2024**|**at beginning**||||**at end**|
||**of period**||||**of period**|
||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Citizens Advice Household
Support Fund||-|5,723|(5,710)|13|
|Innovate UK||-|5,964|(5,964)|-|
|LCVS Community Impact Fund||-|1,070|(950)|120|
|Liverpool VCFSE Health and
Wellbeing Fund||-|17,716|(11,476)|6,240|
|Liverpool City Council Local
Neighbourhood Fund||-|4,250|(1,845)|2,405|
|National Lottery Community
Fund||-|53,736|(13,450)|40,286|
||--------------||-----------|-------------|-------------|
|||**-**|**88,459**|**(39,395)**|**49,064**|
||=======||======|=======|=======|
These are monies given to the Charitable Incorporated Organisation to be spent at the discretion of the Board of Trustees for specific charitable purposes, as follows:
## **Contribution towards**
**Citizens Advice Household Support Fund** Contribution towards food stock for the pantry and emergency food parcels.
**Communities Together Grant** Contribution towards Arnot street school health and wellbeing activities
**Innovate UK-** Contribution towards research costs
**LCVS Community Impact Fund** Contribution towards
**Liverpool VCFSE Health and Wellbeing Fund** Contribution towards the health & wellbeing worker
**Liverpool City Council Local Neighbourhood Fund-** Contribution towards the meal & entertainment for 40 pensioners x2 for easter & Christmas, pensioners day outs, Purchase of a lawn mower, mental health courses & slow cooker courses.
**-** Contribution towards food stock for the pantry and
emergency food parcels.
**National Lottery Community Fund** Contribution towards salary costs
**North West Housing Community Fund -** Contribution towards food stock for the pantry and emergency food parcels.
**Sainsburys Good for all of us Community Grant -** Contribution towards food stock for the pantry and emergency food parcels.
**Torus Foundation CIF** Contribution towards Art and craft materials
## **10. Operating lease Commitments**
The charity leases premises from Onward Homes Limited, for 10 years up to 30[th] June 2030, under the terms of which an annual rent of one peppercorn could be demanded.
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
## **11. Related Parties**
There were no material related party transactions during this year ended which require disclosure.
## **12.Guarantees**
As at 31st August 2025, 3 members had given a guarantee of £1 each in the event of the CIO winding-up. Total: £3. (2024: 4 Members £4)
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## **OUR HOUSE COMMUNITY DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025**
||**2025**|**Period 3rd November 2023**
**to 31st August 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|**INCOME**|**£**|**£**|
|Grant income|169,431|88,459|
|Donations|12,434|15,915|
|Pantry|9,434|12,613|
|Rental income|37,513|15,391|
|Café income|14,395|8,537|
|Activities income|9,790|6,490|
|Room and Gym Hire|1,110|1,723|
|Fundraising|1,701|1,020|
|Bank Interest|298|-|
||------------|------------|
|**Operating Income**|**256,106**|**150,148**|
||------------|------------|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**_Charitable activities_**|||
|Staff salary costs|132,603|47,386|
|Pension|2,998|1,035|
|Volunteer expenses|1,113|797|
|Sessional fees|910|7,718|
|Activities and events|12,768|6,499|
|Project costs|2,603|1,426|
|Pantry|16,891|20,014|
|Equipment|504|-|
|Café and kitchen|5,953|3,243|
|Fare share fees|256|999|
|Donations and gifts|172|-|
|Refreshments|73|-|
|Room hire|40|-|
|Telephone and internet|787|593|
|Motor costs|1,341|2,034|
|Utilities|26,642|7,763|
|Office Costs|5,485|1,061|
|Subscriptions|36|85|
|Travel expenses|682|496|
|Training|1,118|875|
|Consultancy|-|950|
|Computer costs|532|148|
|Cleaning and waste|5,553|4,323|
|Repairs|1,456|1,921|
|Sundry|626|43|
|Insurance|1,123|1,609|
|DBS fees|342|232|
|Trustee Expenses|-|196|
|Bank charges|-|245|
|Website costs|253|390|
|Finance support|3,069|2,954|
|Payroll fees|930|285|
|Accountancy|1,294|1,065|
|Depreciation|683|212|
||------------|------------|
|**Total expenditure on charitable activities**|**228,836**|**116,597**|
||------------|------------|
|**Operating surplus**|**27,270**|**33,551**|
||------------|------------|
|**Transfer of assets from CIC 12142519**|**-**|**47,286**|
||------------|------------|
|**Net income for the year**|**27,270**|**80,837**|
||=======|=======|
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