Ocean Wings Trust

Analysis

Ocean Wings Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barrow-In-Furness. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ocean Wings Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ocean Wings Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ghausia Islamic Learning Centre (£17k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG ) the Lord's Citadel (£17k) and United Kingdom M'mbondo Community (£17k).