The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust

Analysis

The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nothampton Road. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust reported income of £204k and spending of £380k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £172k to £204k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 177% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity Technology Leadership (£203k), Volition Community (£205k) and Minority Enterprise Development Trust (£202k).

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.