The Southport and District Temperance Society

Analysis

The Southport and District Temperance Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southport. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Southport and District Temperance Society reported income of £18k and spending of £40k, spending 224% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £70k to £18k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Southport and District Temperance Society sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barkway Village Hall (£18k), Polish Women's Benevolent Association Limited (£18k) and Farm Fellowship (£18k).

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.