Embrace Wigan & Leigh

Analysis

Embrace Wigan & Leigh is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03936727). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Embrace Wigan & Leigh reported income of £783k and spending of £801k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £586k to £783k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Embrace Wigan & Leigh sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Goodwill Caravan (£783k), Croydon Mosque and Islamic Centre (£784k) and Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK (£782k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 8.9%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £536k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.