Medequip4kids

Analysis

Medequip4kids is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04655610). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Medequip4kids reported income of £460k and spending of £537k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £352k to £460k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medequip4kids sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Valley Trust (£459k), Calon Heart Screening (£460k) and British Division of the International Academy of Pathology CIO (£459k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.