The Manchester Youth Zone Limited

Analysis

The Manchester Youth Zone Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07025561). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Manchester Youth Zone Limited reported income of £3.2m and spending of £2.2m, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £3.2m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Manchester Youth Zone Limited 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea C V S (£3.2m), Mason Yardley Trust (£3.2m) and Swan Advocacy Network (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 18% and trading 6.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £518k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 62 people.