Friends of Manland

Analysis

Friends of Manland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harpenden. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Manland reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £25k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Manland sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimston Scholarship Foundation Known Locally As Grimston School Trust (£25k), Stone Church of England Combined School Voluntary Fund (£25k) and Friends of Cedar Park School (£25k).

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.