Howgill Family Centre

Analysis

Howgill Family Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleator Moor. It was registered in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02045632). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Howgill Family Centre reported income of £1.1m and spending of £991k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £691k to £1.1m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Howgill Family Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (£1.1m), Huddersfield Town Foundation (£1.1m) and Citizens Advice Sefton (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £255k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.