Nautilus Welfare Fund

Analysis

Nautilus Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nautilus Welfare Fund reported income of £4.0m and spending of £5.1m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £4.0m (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Nautilus Welfare Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumbria Community Homes (£4.0m), The Stable Family Home Trust (£4.0m) and Thorngate Churcher Trust (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, investments 1.6% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £9,597. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £24.0m would cover about 56 months of spending at that rate. It employed 94 people.