Walney Community Trust

Analysis

Walney Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barrow-In-Furness. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Walney Community Trust reported income of £180k and spending of £169k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £212k to £180k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Walney Community Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 Music for Life Academy (£180k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Christ Assembly (£180k) and The Haven Community Project (£180k).