Ambleside Welfare Charity

Analysis

Ambleside Welfare Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in April 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ambleside Welfare Charity reported income of £63k and spending of £52k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £63k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ambleside Welfare Charity sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations (£63k), Rainhill Village Hall (£63k) and Mid Surrey Dementia Care Trust (£63k).