Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare

Analysis

Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Greater Manchester. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03773810). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £772k to £1.1m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wigan and Leigh Churches Association for Family Welfare sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (£1.1m), International Care Network (£1.1m) and The Askehave Climate Foundation CIO UK (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 2.8%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £433k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.