Butterwick Limited

Analysis

Butterwick Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton-On-Tees. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02979587). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Butterwick Limited reported income of £3.6m and spending of £4.7m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.4m to £3.6m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Butterwick Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cocoon Support Ltd (£3.6m), The Elders Foundation (£3.6m) and The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 42%, donations and legacies 34% and trading 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £453k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 28%. It employed 102 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.