The Mandate Church

Analysis

The Mandate Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Mandate Church reported income of £31k and spending of £58k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £31k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mandate Church sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islamic Academy & Da'wah Centre (£31k), Schoolgambia (£31k) and The Shanty Trust (£31k).