WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1117333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIRRAL CHANGE

Wirral Change operates an employment outreach service across Wirral. Wirral Changes targets hard to reach groups and helps individuals remove barriers to their employment by operating a holistic care package that includes education, health, mental health issues and general well being in a supportive and empowering environment.

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in total assets of £5,999 for the year, driven by a surplus in restricted funds which offset a deficit in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted free reserves stood at £482,877, providing adequate resources for the charity to continue in operational existence.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which ensures that the charity’s core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulties and that a proportion of reserves be maintained in readily available form (held: £483k)
“The Trustees have a set reserves policy which requires that reserves be maintained at a level which ensures that the charity’s core activity could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulties and that a proportion of reserves be maintained in readily available form.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Livingstone Street Community Centre CIC
“Wirral Change Limited is the sole member of Livingstone Street Community Centre CIC, a community interest company (CIC) incorporated in England and Wales. The CIC’s principal activity is to support communitybased initiatives in line with the charitable objectives of Wirral Change Limited.” — page 51
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDCommunity Development Service BME Mental Health in Wirral——

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£483k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Liverpool City · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2023£989k£928k
31/03/2022£937k£725k
31/03/2021£731k£570k

Common questions

Is WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in total assets of £5,999 for the year, driven by a surplus in restricted funds which offset a deficit in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted free reserves stood at £482,877, providing adequate resources for the charity to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED as a grant recipient include MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kMerseyside

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2026£499kCommunities Leading Change
Sport England27/08/2024£12kDiverse Dynamics
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£10kCommunity Jubilee Celebrations
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2021£441kThe Wirral Change Community Hub
Barrow Cadbury Trust07/10/2020£29kCOVID-19 - Wirral Change Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kWirral Change Community Outreach Project
UK government01/04/2020£41kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2015£476kWirral Change - Changing Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2012£295kNew Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2011£10kOutreach and information communication service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WIRRAL CVS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WIRRAL CHANGE LIMITED£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL CVS FY2025£820k—0unclear—no doubt
WIRRAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
INVOLVE NORTHWEST FY2025£2.8m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
WIRRAL CLUB LIMITED FY2024£255k—0above—no doubt
WIRRAL FOODBANK PLUS FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.