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Owen McVeigh Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1167794LiverpoolChildren and youth development
Income£426k2025-04-01
Spending£292ksame year
Spent / received70%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctChildren and youth development
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Owen McVeigh Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Owen McVeigh Foundation reported income of £426k and spending of £292k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £137k to £426k (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Owen McVeigh Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lewis Foundation (£424k), St Johns and Highwoods Community Association Ltd (£427k) and Taylor Made Dreams (£423k).

Income and spending

£0£106k£213k£319k£426k2021 Income: £137,2282021 Spending: £112,23220212022 Income: £304,5542022 Spending: £162,11720222023 Income: £360,4722023 Spending: £224,94020232024 Income: £257,2902024 Spending: £244,98720242025 Income: £425,9822025 Spending: £291,9212025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The foundation provides life memories for children in the Merseyside area with Cancer and their families.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Lewis FoundationNorthampton£424k
St Johns and Highwoods Community Association LtdColchester£427k
Taylor Made DreamsCrowborough£423k
Zahid Mubarek Trust LtdLondon£429k