Manchester Charitable Trust Ltd

Analysis

Manchester Charitable Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08201539). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Manchester Charitable Trust Ltd reported income of £154k and spending of £156k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £99k to £154k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Manchester Charitable Trust Ltd sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sfice Foundation (£154k), Westcliff Studies (£154k) and The Cynara Foundation (£153k).