The Rainford Trust

Analysis

The Rainford Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 1973, 53 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Rainford Trust reported income of £313k and spending of £366k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £347k to £313k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 21%. 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 Rainford Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Just Earth Limited (£313k), Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (£313k) and The Community Foundation (£313k).

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.