Young Manchester

Analysis

Young Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Young Manchester reported income of £888k and spending of £743k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.8m to £888k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Young Manchester sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Careers Collective (£887k), Northern Learning Trust (£890k) and Oswin Projects (£885k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £409k. Reserves of £65k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.