Childwall Open Spaces Trust

Analysis

Childwall Open Spaces Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Childwall Open Spaces Trust reported income of £30k and spending of £41k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £30k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Childwall Open Spaces Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tilbury Riverside Project (£29k), Reading Society of Model Engineers (£30k) and St Helens Park Preservation Society Limited (£29k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.