Merseyside Water Rescue

Analysis

Merseyside Water Rescue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in May 2018, 8 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Merseyside Water Rescue reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £6,389 to £16k (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 276%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Merseyside Water Rescue sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jean Carr Charitable Trust (£16k), The Forward Project (£16k) and Rock House Foundation (£16k).