Liberdade Community Development Trust

Analysis

Liberdade Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2015, 11 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 06548122). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Liberdade Community Development Trust reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £712k to £1.0m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Liberdade Community Development Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Limited (£1.0m), The Urology Foundation (£1.0m) and Ribble Valley Sports and Recreation (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 39%, donations and legacies 6.0% and trading 4.5%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 31%. Reserves of £8,297 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.