Active Lancashire Limited
Analysis
Active Lancashire Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06859894). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Lancashire Limited reported income of £2.7m and spending of £3.2m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £2.7m (-11%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Lancashire Limited 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 Quaggy Development Trust (£2.7m), Salisbury Hospice Charity Limited (£2.7m) and Listening Ear (Merseyside) (£2.7m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 3.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £456k. Reserves of £430k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 0.8%
- Charitable activities 96%
- Trading 3.6%
- Investments 0.1%
In the charity's own words
Working in the North West of England, the organisations objects are to promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Area. The aim is to increase and sustain participation in and widen access to sport and physical activity in the Area, particularly in disadvantaged communities and strategic groups where being sedentary is the dominant behaviour.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Quaggy Development Trust | London | £2.7m |
| Salisbury Hospice Charity Limited | Salisbury | £2.7m |
| Listening Ear (Merseyside) | Liverpool | £2.7m |
| Murray Hall Community Trust Limited | West Midlands | £2.7m |