Hoylake Cottage

Analysis

Hoylake Cottage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01844549). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hoylake Cottage reported income of £5.2m and spending of £4.8m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.5m to £5.2m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hoylake Cottage sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peek Vision Foundation (£5.2m), Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (£5.3m) and Carers First (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £239k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £4.6m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 162 people.