St Helens Carers Centre

Analysis

St Helens Carers Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in December 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 04203210). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Helens Carers Centre reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.5m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St Helens Carers Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growing Well Limited (£1.5m), The Valuable 500 Foundation (£1.5m) and Phab Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 4.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,457. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £410k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.