Barnstondale Centre

Analysis

Barnstondale Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04201418). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnstondale Centre reported income of £877k and spending of £823k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £403k to £877k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Barnstondale Centre sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 The Alive Project Ltd (£876k), The Carers Centre (£877k) and Gateway (Education & Childcare) Trust Limited (£875k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 11%, investments 2.8% and trading 1.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £294k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.