The River Manchester

Analysis

The River Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The River Manchester reported income of £210k and spending of £153k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £133k to £210k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The River Manchester sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Network of Wellbeing (£209k), Zero Gravity Know No Limits (£210k) and Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre (£209k).