Manor Gardens Welfare Trust Ltd

Analysis

Manor Gardens Welfare Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03386929). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manor Gardens Welfare Trust Ltd reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.3m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Manor Gardens Welfare Trust Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Notts County F.c. Community Programme (£1.3m), Age UK Lindsey (£1.3m) and Beis Brucha Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.9% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £588k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.

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.