EMPOWERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRE
Registered charity 1155897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMPOWERMENT
Promote, support and provide advocacy services as a means by which people disadvantaged can make known their needs and wishes in order to obtain appropriate services and so increase their quality of life.To relieve distress of people affected by Domestic Abuse
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income for the year was £2,469,126 against expenditure of £2,451,465, resulting in total reserves of £466,528. The trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on the generosity of its funders, indicating a dependency risk regarding future funding streams.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We are entirely dependent upon the amazing generosity of our funders. Without them, not one life would be changed...”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Empowerment Charity Lancashire (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Sandra Bilsborrowchair
- Chirag Khajuria
- Dr Heather Catt
- Louise Owen
- Maggie Cornall · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rachel Jane Eastham
- Rebecca Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EMPOWERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £2,469,126 against expenditure of £2,451,465, resulting in total reserves of £466,528. The trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on the generosity of its funders, indicating a dependency risk regarding future funding streams.
Who funds EMPOWERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EMPOWERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRE as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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