Sefton Carers Centre

Analysis

Sefton Carers Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03124430). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sefton Carers Centre reported income of £2.2m and spending of £1.9m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.2m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sefton Carers Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spread a Smile (£2.2m), Chesterfield F C Community Trust (£2.2m) and Third Sector Together North West London (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 3.4% and trading 3.4%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £177k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.