Ormskirk Street United Reformed Church, St Helens

Analysis

Ormskirk Street United Reformed Church, St Helens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Widnes. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ormskirk Street United Reformed Church, St Helens reported income of £120k and spending of £144k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £120k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 196%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ormskirk Street United Reformed Church, St Helens sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Policy Development and Advocacy (£120k), Mumsema (£120k) and South East Berkshire District Scout Council (£120k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.