Alder Hey Children's Charity

Analysis

Alder Hey Children's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09389239). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alder Hey Children's Charity reported income of £9.5m and spending of £8.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.7m to £9.5m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Alder Hey Children's Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity (£9.5m), St Raphael's Hospice (£9.5m) and The Talking Trust (£9.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 28%, trading 7.0% and investments 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £904k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 32%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.9m. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.