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Registered charity · Wirral

Hoylake Cottage

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £5.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Wirral, Cheshire West & Chester
Website
www.hoylakecottage.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hoylake Cottage
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.2m£4.8m
  • 2024£4.7m£4.5m
  • 2023£4.3m£4.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.3m£3.7m
  • 2021£3.5m£3.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) THE RELIEF CARE AND ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOUR, RACE OR CREED SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF SICKNESS OR INCAPACITY; (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; (3) PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY; AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA FORMERLY COMPRISED IN THE HOYLAKE URBAN DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Grants received

2 grants · £14,902 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,902 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-09-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9022005-11-04
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7.2y median 8.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 19Business services 4Other services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 13.5 in 2021

162 from 157 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
515591
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 AUGUST 1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2003 AND 16 APRIL 2007, AND CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION UPON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 MARCH 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 APR 2016
Companies House
Company number 01844549 · Active
Contact on the register
01516323381 · sheywood@hoylakecottage.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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