Manchester Jewish School for Special Education

Analysis

Manchester Jewish School for Special Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07438278). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manchester Jewish School for Special Education reported income of £694k and spending of £783k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £959k to £694k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Jewish School for Special Education sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheshire Carers Centre (£694k), Cygnus Support Ltd (£694k) and The Military Wives Choirs Foundation (£693k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,470. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. It employed 37 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.