The Rainhill Gala

Analysis

The Rainhill Gala is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rainhill Gala reported income of £17k and spending of £18k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45 to £17k (+38544%), an average of +343% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 35810%. 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, The Rainhill Gala 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 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollinwood Youth Centre (£17k), Church and School Estate (£17k) and The Charity of Thomas Beames (£17k).

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.