Manchester Unitarian Congregational Fund

Analysis

Manchester Unitarian Congregational Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manchester Unitarian Congregational Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £61k, spending 243% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £25k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 230% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Manchester Unitarian Congregational Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Time Out (£25k), Brinnington Community Church (£25k) and International Centre for World Peace (£25k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.