Manchester Outdoor Education Trust

Analysis

Manchester Outdoor Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Manchester Outdoor Education Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £21k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £16k to £21k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Manchester Outdoor Education Trust 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 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Antiquarian Booksellers Association Educational Trust (£21k), Lanesborough Parents' Association (£21k) and Elmbridge Primary School PTFA (£21k).