Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire

Analysis

Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire reported income of £57k and spending of £65k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £59k to £57k (-3.0%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia (£57k), St Martin's Youth Centre (£57k) and Romans One Eleven Trust (R1 11) (£57k).

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.