The Pelican Centre Ltd

Analysis

The Pelican Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07712000). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pelican Centre Ltd reported income of £800k and spending of £740k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £367k to £800k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Pelican Centre Ltd sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abrahamic Foundation (£799k), Parents 1st UK (£800k) and The Counselling and Family Centre, Altrincham (£798k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 10% and trading 9.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £493k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.