Expect Ltd

Analysis

Expect Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02357285). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Expect Ltd reported income of £7.8m and spending of £7.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £7.8m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Expect Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgewood Trust Limited (£7.8m), Canterbury Oast Trust (£7.9m) and Parkhaven Trust (£7.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and trading 25%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 138 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.