Ivy Manchester Limited

Analysis

Ivy Manchester Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07109404). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ivy Manchester Limited reported income of £953k and spending of £920k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £953k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ivy Manchester Limited 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 Eic Al-Masjid Trust (£952k), The Alan Edward Higgs Charity (£955k) and Gaur Govinda Trust (£952k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, trading 9.3%, charitable activities 5.1% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £3.4m would cover about 44 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.