Whitehaven Social Welfare Scheme

Analysis

Whitehaven Social Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whitehaven Social Welfare Scheme reported income of £90k and spending of £39k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £90k (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Whitehaven Social Welfare Scheme sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grafton Centre Development Trust CIO (£90k), Newborns Vietnam (£90k) and Shah Jalal Madrasa and Eatim Khana Trust (£90k).