Maggs Day Centre

Analysis

Maggs Day Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02278501). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Maggs Day Centre reported income of £927k and spending of £1.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £613k to £927k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 44%. 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, Maggs Day Centre sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Likewise Community (£927k), North East Lincolnshire Carelink (£928k) and British HIV Association (£926k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50% and donations and legacies 49%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £28k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Reserves of £141k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.