Manchester Care and Repair

Analysis

Manchester Care and Repair is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08008229). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manchester Care and Repair reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.5m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Manchester Care and Repair sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The 3 TS Charitable Trust (£1.5m), Age UK Bolton (£1.5m) and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 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.