South Sefton Development Trust

Analysis

South Sefton Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05147976). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Sefton Development Trust reported income of £375k and spending of £368k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £306k to £375k (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Sefton Development Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baytul Ilm Trust (£375k), Kingdom Light Centre (£375k) and Bassetlaw Foodbank (£375k).