St Helens General Charitable Trust
Analysis
St Helens General Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, St Helens General Charitable Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £51k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £63k (+9.8%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Helens General Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cancer Community Chest (£63k), St Ann's Parish Charity (£63k) and Alfred Charles Cuthbert Parker Will Trust (£63k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The provision and support of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Helens St Helens including educational facilities, relief of sickness, the aged, impotent and poor and the advancement of religion.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer Community Chest | Norwich | £63k |
| St Ann's Parish Charity | Prescot | £63k |
| Alfred Charles Cuthbert Parker Will Trust | Whiteley | £63k |
| Friends of Cathja | Brentford | £63k |