Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust

Analysis

Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03272897). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust reported income of £981k and spending of £926k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £371k to £981k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Manoukian Charitable Foundation (£981k), The City of London Charities Pool (£985k) and The Liverpool Muslim Society (£979k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 93%, donations and legacies 3.8%, charitable activities 1.8% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 28%. Reserves of £904k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.