Didsbury Parsonage Trust

Analysis

Didsbury Parsonage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07670837). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Didsbury Parsonage Trust reported income of £110k and spending of £115k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £132k to £110k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Didsbury Parsonage Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Furnival (£110k), Cowplain Activity Centre Association (£110k) and Stoke Youth Musical Theatre Company (£110k).

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.