Forever Manchester

Analysis

Forever Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02785133). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forever Manchester reported income of £4.0m and spending of £3.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.2m to £4.0m (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Forever Manchester sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Starlight Children's Foundation (£4.0m), Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (£4.0m) and Community Housing and Therapy (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 20%, trading 11% and investments 4.0%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £287k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.