City Church Manchester CIO

Analysis

City Church Manchester CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, City Church Manchester CIO reported income of £644k and spending of £708k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £388k to £644k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, City Church Manchester CIO sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 The Order of the Cross (£643k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Harrow on the Hill (£644k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Cookham (£643k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.0%. Reserves of £98k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.