Making Communities Work & Grow (MCWG)

Analysis

Making Communities Work & Grow (MCWG) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in office 2. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Making Communities Work & Grow (MCWG) reported income of £80k and spending of £81k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £154k to £80k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Making Communities Work & Grow (MCWG) sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverside Church (Taunton) (£80k), Somali Outreach Project (£80k) and St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief in Need Charity (£80k).

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.