Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Charity

Analysis

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Prescot. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Charity reported income of £123k and spending of £371k, spending 301% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £123k (+591%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 638%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Charity sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little People UK (£123k), DVS Foundation (£123k) and The Shaw Lane Foundation (£123k).