Merseyside Children's Holiday Fund

Analysis

Merseyside Children's Holiday Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ormskirk. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Merseyside Children's Holiday Fund reported income of £32k and spending of £26k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £32k (+165%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Merseyside Children's Holiday Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ely Community Unit Trust (£32k), Baslow Village Hall (£32k) and Sayt-Sevenoaks Area Youth Trust (£32k).