Wood Street Mission

Analysis

Wood Street Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03849322). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Wood Street Mission reported income of £836k and spending of £893k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £517k to £836k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wood Street Mission sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Faith Hope & Enterprise Company Ltd (£835k), Ministries Without Borders International (£836k) and Gitter Foundation Ltd (£835k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 3.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £38k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £443k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 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.