North West Lung Centre

Analysis

North West Lung Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03936652). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North West Lung Centre reported income of £20.9m and spending of £16.0m, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15.9m to £20.9m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North West Lung Centre sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (£20.8m), Penrose Options (£20.9m) and Felix Charity (£20.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 94% and investments 5.6%. Charitable activities took 10% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £129.9m would cover about 97 months of spending at that rate. It employed 175 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.