Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd

Analysis

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05004473). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd reported income of £226k and spending of £387k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £760k to £226k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walkern Pre-School (£226k), Downside Pre-School (£226k) and Tutorfair Foundation (£226k).

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.