Greater Manchester Sports Partnership

Analysis

Greater Manchester Sports Partnership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03258930). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greater Manchester Sports Partnership reported income of £3.2m and spending of £2.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.2m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Greater Manchester Sports Partnership sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welsh Women's Aid (£3.2m), Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research Centre (£3.2m) and Fortunatus Housing Solutions (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, investments 4.9% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.