Ulverston, Ford Park Community Group

Analysis

Ulverston, Ford Park Community Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ulverston. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03989550). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ulverston, Ford Park Community Group reported income of £169k and spending of £158k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100k to £169k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ulverston, Ford Park Community Group sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joseph's Smile (£169k), Angels of Hope for Women (£169k) and Starr Trust (£169k).