Wirral Information Resource for Equality and Diversity Ltd

Analysis

Wirral Information Resource for Equality and Diversity Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birkenhead. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02997803). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wirral Information Resource for Equality and Diversity Ltd reported income of £897k and spending of £889k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £897k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wirral Information Resource for Equality and Diversity Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The University of Gloucestershire Students' Union (£897k), Crossroads (Barnsley) Ltd (£898k) and Move More (£897k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £486k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.