Blackpool Drill Hall (Yorkshire Street) Trust

Analysis

Blackpool Drill Hall (Yorkshire Street) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackpool Drill Hall (Yorkshire Street) Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £22k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,413 to £12k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Blackpool Drill Hall (Yorkshire Street) Trust sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 901 Troop Marine Cadets (£12k), Royal Air Forces Association - Manchester & District Branch (£12k) and 216 Squadron Association (£12k).