Love Withington Baths

Analysis

Love Withington Baths is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09515855). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Love Withington Baths reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.6m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £523k to £1.9m (+262%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Love Withington Baths sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sporting Chance Clinic (£1.9m), GFCT (£1.9m) and Firstfruits Gospel Foundation (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.