Support for Wigan Arrivals Project

Analysis

Support for Wigan Arrivals Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06245117). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Support for Wigan Arrivals Project reported income of £155k and spending of £157k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £155k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Support for Wigan Arrivals Project sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Thomas Winchelsea (£155k), Yada (£155k) and The 6:8 Trust (£155k).