Morton Manor Community Centre

Analysis

Morton Manor Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 2026, Morton Manor Community Centre reported income of £639k and spending of £651k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £417k to £639k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Morton Manor Community Centre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keats - Shelley Memorial Association (Incorporated) (£638k), Pimlico Opera (£639k) and Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust (£638k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 78% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £42k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 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.