Southport Rest Home
Analysis
Southport Rest Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06368309). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending April 2025, Southport Rest Home reported income of £961k and spending of £921k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £737k to £961k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Southport Rest Home sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited (£961k), The North Tyneside Carers Centre (£962k) and The Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust (£961k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 0.5%
- Legacies 0.5%
- Charitable activities 99%
In the charity's own words
To provide a home for permanent residence of Jewish people who are aged, in particular but not exclusively for poor Jewish persons who have been resident in Southport.To provide a convalescent home for poor Jewish people.With discretion for the Trustees to waive the requirement for a beneficiary under either of the above objects to be Jewish.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited | London | £961k |
| The North Tyneside Carers Centre | Tyne and Wear | £962k |
| The Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust | Edinburgh | £961k |
| Portsmouth Hospitals Charity | Portsmouth | £963k |