Blackpool Carers Centre Limited

Analysis

Blackpool Carers Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 05633524). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackpool Carers Centre Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.2m (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackpool Carers Centre Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Happy Baby Community (£1.2m), Stop the Traffik (£1.2m) and Devon Mind (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53%, charitable activities 39%, trading 6.6% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. Reserves of £459k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.