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West Kirby Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 218546MerseysidePoverty relief
Income£29k2025-12-31
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause48th pctPoverty relief
Registered1975Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

West Kirby Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in January 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Kirby Charity reported income of £29k and spending of £35k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £29k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Kirby Charity sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The H and M Deutsch Charitable Trust (£29k), Hope Community Church, St Ives (£29k) and Newhope Ministries Trust (Leeds) (£29k).

Income and spending

£0£8,643£17k£26k£35k2021 Income: £25,2392021 Spending: £23,80120212022 Income: £26,2852022 Spending: £21,40520222023 Income: £26,1632023 Spending: £19,98720232024 Income: £27,7232024 Spending: £26,33020242025 Income: £28,7402025 Spending: £34,5702025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity pays small pensions to elderly persons who have lived in the area of the former urban district of Hoylake for at least three years. It also makes one-off payments to persons (whether or not elderly) living in that area.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The H and M Deutsch Charitable TrustLondon£29k
Hope Community Church, St IvesSt Ives£29k
Newhope Ministries Trust (Leeds)Wirral£29k
British-Italian SocietyLondon£29k