Manchester United Foundation

Analysis

Manchester United Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 2007, 19 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 05845172). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Manchester United Foundation reported income of £8.7m and spending of £8.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £4.2m to £8.7m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Manchester United Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Anaesthetists (Great Britain & Ireland) (£8.7m), Hospice of St Francis (Berkhamsted) Ltd (£8.7m) and Wirral Hospice St John's (£8.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 36%, donations and legacies 34%, trading 27% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 32%. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.