Wigan & Leigh Carers Centre

Analysis

Wigan & Leigh Carers Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07293521). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wigan & Leigh Carers Centre reported income of £626k and spending of £624k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £501k to £626k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Wigan & Leigh Carers 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Leech Charity (£625k), The Graham Dacre Charitable Foundation (£626k) and Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund (£624k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £699. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £81k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.