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Activity in Retirement - Macclesfield (Air)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1001228CheshireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£23k2025-09-30
Spending£28ksame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1990Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Activity in Retirement - Macclesfield (Air) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Activity in Retirement - Macclesfield (Air) reported income of £23k and spending of £28k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £7,352 to £23k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Activity in Retirement - Macclesfield (Air) sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wallington Division of the Girl Guides Association (£23k), Hart Voices (£23k) and Vivamus (London) Limited (£23k).

Income and spending

£0£7,014£14k£21k£28k2021 Income: £7,3522021 Spending: £5,63820212022 Income: £18,4592022 Spending: £21,23220222023 Income: £17,7722023 Spending: £22,55720232024 Income: £24,3382024 Spending: £23,44920242025 Income: £22,8982025 Spending: £28,0562025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provide activities for retired people.

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Wallington Division of the Girl Guides AssociationWallington£23k
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