The West Lancashire Mark Charity Fund

Analysis

The West Lancashire Mark Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leyland. It was registered in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The West Lancashire Mark Charity Fund reported income of £29k and spending of £20k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £9,531 to £29k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 245%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 West Lancashire Mark Charity Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 New Waltham Village Hall (£29k), Footprints Foundation for Children in Zambia (£29k) and The Fort Trust (£29k).