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Description
The provision of services in the following fields: Homecare, Shopmobility, Training , Welfare Rights, Supported Accommodation, Support for the disabled, Carers Support, Liverpool Watersports Centre, Mobex, Domestic Violence Service, Conference Facilities
Also known as
- Local Solutions
- Local Solution by Merseyside Council for Voluntary Service
- Local Solutions
- M C V S
- Merseyside Council for Voluntary Service
- Merseyside Council for Voluntary Services
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
Enter pri
Website
Domain
localsolutions.org.uk
Latest income
£12,515,814 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 515060 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Local Solutions (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Other individual and family services
D19
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Housing
HO -
Social care
SC» Carer supportSC102 -
Social welfare
SW» Community transportSW104 -
Social welfare
SW» AbuseSW200» Domestic abuseSW202
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107 -
Amateur Sport
110 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113 -
Recreation
116
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1984-05-17 |
Registered as a charity |
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| 2004-03-31 | 12,730,375 | 12,354,974 |
| 2005-03-31 | 13,555,014 | 13,376,798 |
| 2006-03-31 | 14,567,727 | 14,829,167 |
| 2007-03-31 | 15,173,644 | 14,848,041 |
| 2008-03-31 | 15,446,088 | 15,121,561 |
| 2009-03-31 | 15,740,620 | 15,690,127 |
| 2010-03-31 | 17,429,464 | 17,374,002 |
| 2011-03-31 | 20,991,911 | 20,174,545 |
| 2012-03-31 | 18,670,045 | 19,113,914 |
| 2013-03-31 | 17,756,885 | 17,755,100 |
| 2014-03-31 | 17,773,254 | 18,117,358 |
| 2015-03-31 | 17,766,185 | 17,648,183 |
| 2016-03-31 | 19,508,305 | 19,170,285 |
| 2017-03-31 | 16,467,385 | 16,966,081 |
| 2018-03-31 | 13,109,461 | 13,103,854 |
| 2019-03-31 | 13,630,547 | 13,939,677 |
| 2020-03-31 | 14,275,999 | 14,739,671 |
| 2021-03-31 | 14,465,881 | 14,365,833 |
| 2022-03-31 | 13,341,438 | 12,720,370 |
| 2023-03-31 | 12,515,814 | 12,837,729 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 537 | 624 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Volunteers | 74 | 80 |
| Trustees | 12 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Income from charitable activities | 12.4 | 13.3 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 12.5 | 13.3 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| Charitable activities | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 12.8 | 12.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (0.3) | 0.6 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Other current assets | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 2.5 | 3.3 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (1.3) | (1.6) |
| Net current assets | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | (0.1) |
| Net assets | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Unrestricted funds | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 10,016,854 | 10,426,099 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 80.0% | 78.1% |
| Number of government contracts | 25 | 25 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 130,240 | 504,856 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 1.0% | 3.8% |
| Number of government grants | 9 | 17 |
Received 24 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Linbury Trust |
£165,000
3 years |
Second hub -Local Solutions
Jun 2023 to Jun 2026 |
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Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside
High Sheriffs Trust |
£2,500
1 year |
The cost of living shouldn't cost a life
Apr 2022 to Dec 2023 |
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Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside
Football For Change Foundation |
£12,430
2 months |
AIMS
Apr 2023 to Jun 2023 |
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The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£8,130
11.836065573770492 months |
Liverpool Shopmobility
Apr 2022 to Apr 2023 |
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Sport England
Toyota Parasport Fund |
£5,000
11 months |
Toyota Parasport Fund - Local Solutions
May 2020 to Apr 2021 |
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Comic Relief
COVID19 Recovery funding |
£12,000
6 months |
Virtual Hub
Jul 2020 |
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Sport England
Community Asset Fund |
£100,000
1 year |
Watersports Centre refurbishment
Feb 2019 to Mar 2020 |
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
ALB-Sport England-Facilities |
£100,000 | ALB-Sport England-Watersports Centre refurbishment | ||
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The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£9,303
1 year |
Resettlement Passport Development worker
Dec 2018 to Dec 2019 |
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Comic Relief
Safe, Secure, Settled |
£490,868
3 years |
Sports Horizons
Dec 2018 to Mar 2023 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Henry Smith Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Lankelly Chase Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Linbury Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northern Rock Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Sport England (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (7 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Woodward Charitable Trust (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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