Compton Care Group Limited

Analysis

Compton Care Group Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01607631). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Compton Care Group Limited reported income of £13.3m and spending of £15.2m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12.1m to £13.3m (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Compton Care Group Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists (£13.3m), Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice Limited (£13.3m) and The King's Fund (£13.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 48%, charitable activities 33%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 38%. Reserves of £16.6m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 314 people.

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.