Registered charity · Liverpool
Local Solutions
1.1 The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are 1.1.1 to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community, and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness,...
- 10 trustees
- Income £15m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Helen Ruth HeapChair · since 2019
- Dr Bruce Weir TaylorTrustee · since 2019
- Dr Crispin Pailing MBETrustee · since 2015
- Elliott Francis MorrisonTrustee · since 2023
- Ian Martin HallTrustee · since 2025
- Jillian Margaret JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Justine BlomeleyTrustee · since 2025
- Salome Mare-WalshTrustee · since 2025
- Serena Margaret KennedyTrustee · since 2021
- Stephen OkoroTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.localsolutions.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Local Solutions
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15m£14m
- 2024£13m£13m
- 2023£13m£13m
Earlier years
- 2022£13m£13m
- 2021£14m£14m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 80%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 The Charity’s objects (“the Objects”) are 1.1.1 to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community, and in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness, charitable regeneration by the maintenance or improvement of the physical, social and economic infrastructure and the provision of facilities in the interests of education, social welfare, recreation or other leisure time occupation, with the object of improving conditions of life by empowering individuals and supporting communities in England and Wales;1.1.2 to promote and organise co-operation in the achievement of the above purposes and to that end to bring together representatives of the statutory authorities, local councils and voluntary organisations engaged in the furtherance of the above purposes within England and Wales.
Grants received
22 grants · £1,582,674 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Comic Relief · £502,868 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £375,830 (7 grants)
- Lankelly Chase Foundation · £305,746 (3 grants)
- The Linbury Trust · £165,000
- Sport England · £115,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Helen Ruth Heap Chair since 2019
- Dr Bruce Weir Taylor since 2019
- Dr Crispin Pailing MBE since 2015
- Elliott Francis Morrison since 2023
- Ian Martin Hall since 2025
- Jillian Margaret Jones since 2021
- Justine Blomeley since 2025
- Salome Mare-Walsh since 2025
- Serena Margaret Kennedy since 2021
- Stephen Okoro since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Ruth Heap Chair since 2019
- Dr Bruce Weir Taylor since 2019
- Dr Crispin Pailing MBE since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Helen Ruth Heap Chair since 2019
- Dr Bruce Weir Taylor since 2019
- Elliott Francis Morrison since 2023
- Ian Martin Hall since 2025
- Justine Blomeley since 2025
- Salome Mare-Walsh since 2025
- Serena Margaret Kennedy since 2021
- Stephen Okoro since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Crispin Pailing MBE since 2015
- Jillian Margaret Jones since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 515060
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/02/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/11/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/03/2012 as amended on 09 Jan 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 01792921 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517090990 · info@localsolutions.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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