Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust

Analysis

Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromborough. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03853212). It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £47k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £44k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Victory Centre (£44k), Bootle Tool Shed (£44k) and Zebras Children and Adults Charity (£43k).