Wavertree Garden Suburb Institute

Analysis

Wavertree Garden Suburb Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wavertree Garden Suburb Institute reported income of £31k and spending of £32k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £34k to £31k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wavertree Garden Suburb Institute sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Believers in Recovery (£31k), Mainz Charitable Trust (£31k) and The Darlington Town Mission (£31k).

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.