01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 10 May 2017
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 10457781
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £584,405
- Latest expenditure
- £529,976
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Victoria Centre, 197A Sussex Road, Southport, Southport, County, PR8 6DG
Website recorded by the regulator: www.compassionacts.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Provide emergency food for adults and children within Trussell's guidelines. Debt advice through auspices of Community Money Advice. Food Pantries for those on low incomes Benefits advice and act as advocates at tribunals.Next Steps programme for on-going assistance and family space projectOperate in churches and community centres. Help anyone regardless of their religious beliefs or non
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 17 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 17 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £584,405
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £529,976
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 May 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £546,713
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £618,639
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 August 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £513,287
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £636,251
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £642,556
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £573,650
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 March 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 March 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £495,966
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £407,143
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £584,405
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £529,976
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 250
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 May 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £546,713
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £618,639
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 220
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £513,287
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £636,251
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 20
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £642,556
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £573,650
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 250
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 29 March 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £495,966
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £407,143
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £82,450
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 150
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 17 September 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 507370
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 69505
- Income Investments
- 7348
- Income Other
- 182
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 584405
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £529,976
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 529976
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2804
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 40126
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3831
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £173,099
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3448
- Assets Own Use
- 3448
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £325,895
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £8,390
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £320,953
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 8390
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £274,057
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 273099
- Funds Restricted
- 47854
- Funds Total
- 320953
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 21 May 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 475493
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 59353
- Income Investments
- 10785
- Income Other
- 1082
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 546713
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £618,639
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 618639
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 40446
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 16462
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £237,376
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7278
- Assets Own Use
- 7278
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £272,189
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £12,943
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £266,524
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 12943
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £225,242
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 237376
- Funds Restricted
- 29148
- Funds Total
- 266524
- Count Employees
- 16
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 20 August 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 458689
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 45159
- Income Investments
- 5177
- Income Other
- 4262
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 513287
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £9,478
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £626,773
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 636251
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 1178
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 55758
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4488
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £338,450
- Assets Total Fixed
- 11017
- Assets Own Use
- 11017
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £399,356
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £71,923
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £338,450
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 71923
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £365,891
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 294698
- Funds Restricted
- 43752
- Funds Total
- 338450
- Count Employees
- 14
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 16 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 620524
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 21047
- Income Investments
- 985
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 642556
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £573,650
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 573650
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 678
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 38356
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2254
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £284,723
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8657
- Assets Own Use
- 8657
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £455,998
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,241
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £461,414
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 3241
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £419,812
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 374723
- Funds Restricted
- 86691
- Funds Total
- 461414
- Count Employees
- 11
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Sefton
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Merseyside
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 108
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Religious Activities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Compassion Acts
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2017-05-10T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAR 2017 as amended on 22 May 2019
- Charitable Objects
- A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR PERSONS IN AND AROUND SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN AND AROUND SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN THE UK.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 586192
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- SOUTHPORT & FORMBY CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE
- Charity Name Id
- 586381
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- SOUTHPORT & FORMBY CHURCHES DEBT CENTRE LIMITED
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures