Calderdale Wellbeing

Analysis

Calderdale Wellbeing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Calderdale Wellbeing reported income of £840k and spending of £1.1m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £737k to £840k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Calderdale Wellbeing sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The People's Orchestra (£840k), Crossroads Care Staffordshire Limited (£841k) and The Yorkshire Dance Centre Trust (£840k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 17% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £364k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.