Manchester Carers Forum

Analysis

Manchester Carers Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05068267). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Manchester Carers Forum reported income of £344k and spending of £367k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £296k to £344k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Manchester Carers Forum sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Extant (£344k), The Otakar Kraus Music Trust (£344k) and The Dorothy Kerin Trust (£343k).