Home for the Use of Non-Conformist Ministers (Gorse Bank)

Analysis

Home for the Use of Non-Conformist Ministers (Gorse Bank) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Home for the Use of Non-Conformist Ministers (Gorse Bank) reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £17k (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Home for the Use of Non-Conformist Ministers (Gorse Bank) sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Seventh Earl of Bradford's Castle Bromwich Parochial Charity (£16k), East Riding Village Halls Network (£17k) and Goldhanger Village Hall (£16k).