Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church

Analysis

Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church reported income of £989k and spending of £1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £1.2m to £989k (-19%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church 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 Sidmouth Hospice at Home (£988k), Paintings in Hospitals (£989k) and Peace Hospice Care (£988k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 25%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. It employed 9 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.