Manchester Alliance Church

Analysis

Manchester Alliance Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03120814). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manchester Alliance Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £308k to £1.2m (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Manchester Alliance Church sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Western Marble Arch Synagogue (£1.2m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Marlow with Marlow Bottom, Little Marlow and Bisham (£1.2m) and Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and charitable activities 6.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £651k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.