WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITY

Registered charity 518288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAYORS CHARITY FUND

Fund Raising through various charity events.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£113k

Latest spending

£64k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity donated £18,129 to local causes and held £60,229 in funds at year-end. The trustees explicitly decided that holding reserves is unnecessary due to the annual cycle of mayoral appointments. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unnecessary (held: £60k)

“The Trustees have decided that holding reserves is unnecessary for this charity. The setup of the charity and the fact that a new mayor is ordinarily appointed every year means that holding reserves would be unsuitable for this charity.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Incubabies received £23,000 in donations. The Draken Project received £3,500 in donations.

“There were two related party transactions that require disclosure as part of these accounts. There are two charitable organisations, of which the Mayor is a trustee, that benefitted from donations from the Mayor’s Charity 2024/25 fundraising efforts. Incubabies, received £23,000 in donations. The Draken Project received £3,500 in donations.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Wirral Borough Council

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
15/05/2025	£113k	£64k
15/05/2024	£55k	£60k
15/05/2023	£50k	£46k
15/05/2022	£31k	£22k
15/05/2021	£21k	£29k

Common questions

Is WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity donated £18,129 to local causes and held £60,229 in funds at year-end. The trustees explicitly decided that holding reserves is unnecessary due to the annual cycle of mayoral appointments. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£695k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	1	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, HARROW ON THE HILL	1	£112

Charities like this

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

WIRRAL MIND income £1.8m
WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT income £784k
THE MAYOR OF WIGAN'S CHARITY APPEAL income £105k
WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED income £2.8m
WIRRAL CLUB LIMITED income £255k
WIRRAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITY	£113k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WIRRAL MIND FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WIRRAL METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025	£784k	unclear	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MAYOR OF WIGAN'S CHARITY APPEAL FY2025	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIRRAL CLUB LIMITED FY2024	£255k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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