Netherton Feelgood Factory

Analysis

Netherton Feelgood Factory is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03614799). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Netherton Feelgood Factory reported income of £442k and spending of £547k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £488k to £442k (-9.4%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Netherton Feelgood Factory sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thurrock Open Door (£442k), Recyke Y'bike (£442k) and Chapman Charitable Trust (£442k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.