St Helens and Knowsley Caring Association

Analysis

St Helens and Knowsley Caring Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02313902). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Helens and Knowsley Caring Association reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.8m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. 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, St Helens and Knowsley Caring Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sick Children's Trust (£2.8m), Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Services (£2.8m) and The Guild Estate Endowment (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £124k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 89 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.