Empowerment Charity Lancashire

Analysis

Empowerment Charity Lancashire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Empowerment Charity Lancashire reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.5m (+126%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Empowerment Charity Lancashire sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Bedfordshire (£2.5m), Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society (£2.5m) and Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Networking, Equality - Shine (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Reserves of £467k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 78 people.