Liverpool Seafarers Centre

Analysis

Liverpool Seafarers Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06526106). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Liverpool Seafarers Centre reported income of £518k and spending of £598k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £596k to £518k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Liverpool Seafarers Centre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Kingston Upon Thames (£518k), The Churches of God in UK (£519k) and Forest Gate Central Masjid (£518k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, charitable activities 24% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £553k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.

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.