Urban Outreach (Bolton)

Analysis

Urban Outreach (Bolton) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03019108). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Urban Outreach (Bolton) reported income of £1.2m and spending of £878k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.8m to £1.2m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Urban Outreach (Bolton) sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust (£1.2m), Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Ltd (£1.2m) and The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 20% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £619k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.