Manor Development Company Limited

Analysis

Manor Development Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02741421). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manor Development Company Limited reported income of £642k and spending of £369k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £297k to £642k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Manor Development Company Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Rights International Network - Crin (£642k), Unfold (£642k) and Camden Community Law Centre (£641k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 27% and investments 22%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1,260. Reserves of £3.5m would cover about 113 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.