Parks Options Limited

Analysis

Parks Options Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 03828083). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parks Options Limited reported income of £881k and spending of £886k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £804k to £881k (+9.7%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parks Options Limited 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 Asate Ltd (£880k), Furnishing Futures CIO (£882k) and Youth Concern (£879k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 80%, charitable activities 14%, donations and legacies 4.8% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 31% of spending and raising funds 66%. Reserves of £229k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

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.