Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LIVERPOOL FC FOUNDATION 

We deliver a range of initiatives that inspire people from all walks of life to make positive change happen for themselves and their communities. We engage people in our programmes through their passion for football, sport and Liverpool FC. Our initiatives fall into four main focus areas sporting participation,improving life chances, inspiring social action, supporting partner charities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/05/23£7,064£6,631£433£1,533£3,608£3,326682149
31/05/22£6,373£5,039£1,334£997£3,175£2,6516.371193
31/05/21£3,724£3,660£64£195£1,841£1,515556150
31/05/20£2,362£3,263£-901£254£1,777£1,6816.245251
31/05/19£3,430£3,018£412£788£2,678£2,3799.53474
31/05/18£3,187£2,549£639£832£2,266£1,8978.9240
31/05/17£2,802£1,859£943£732£1,627£1,4429.3200
31/05/16£1,405£1,365£40£205£685£5444.8200
31/05/15£2,643£2,448£195£6£644£4862.4220
31/05/14*£1,436£1,543£-107£1,525£450£2722.1220
31/05/13*£1,347£1,287£60£6£539£1721.6260
31/05/12?*£379£312£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£872£763£109£5£413£500.8120
31/12/10*£639£616£23£4£304£100.2120
31/12/09*£742£575£167£0£281£60.100
31/12/08*£249£190£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£65£52£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£6£0£6£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/05£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 36%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 21 years

http://foundation.liverpoolfc.com/

lfcfoundation@liverpoolfc.com

01519079342

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Liverpool City, Senegal, Thailand, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Steve Morgan Foundation£747,200
DCMS£166,667
National Lottery Community Fund£112,500
Ministry of Defence£29,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Global Works - Liverpool
£9,905 21/04/2023
To help fund a 2 year programme which will support 250 disadvantaged 16-25 year olds through employability focussed sports sessions, mentoring, and access to a number of pathways upon completion. ....more
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Liverpool FC Foundation
£747,200 18/04/2023
Grant awarded for LFC Foundation projects
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 19/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 19/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,500 15/10/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
DCMS - LCF #iwill - 10340409
£166,667 01/04/2020
LFCF are seeking to formalise their approach to social action by creating a schools social action programme. This will focus on 10-14 year olds, and start young people on the journey of making social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LFC #iwill Extension
£112,500 17/10/2019
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The funding will be used for to hire two new social action coordinators, who will deliver additional support for social action activity and events, lead small pilot programmes and extend the ....more
DCMS - LCF #iwill - 10340409
£166,667 09/10/2018
LFCF are seeking to formalise their approach to social action by creating a schools social action programme. This will focus on 10-14 year olds, and start young people on the journey of making social ....more
DCMS - LCF #iwill - 10340409
£125,000 09/10/2018
LFCF are seeking to formalise their approach to social action by creating a schools social action programme. This will focus on 10-14 year olds, and start young people on the journey of making social ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership Grant - Merseyside (2018)
£15,000 01/04/2018
To move claimants either into work or closer to work.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-74
  • LAURA WESTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing And Pr Consultant
  • SUSAN BLACK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Communications
  • WILLIAM HOGAN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chief Commercial Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2003, number: 1096572
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2002, number: 04587220
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
19 returns made; AR14: 52 days late, AR13: 25 days late, AR12: 25 days late, AR10: 34 days late, AR09: 40 days late, AR08: 74 days late, AR07: 68 days late, AR06: 11 days late,
Main office

Liverpool FC Foundation
Anfield Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L4 0TH

Objectives

THE CHARITYãS OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:1)TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION OF FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH.2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.4) FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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