The Manson Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Manson Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Manson Family Charitable Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £150k, spending 390% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £38k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 539% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Manson Family Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Womack Staithe (£38k), The Sydney and Sheila McGhee Charitable Trust (£38k) and The Anber Fund (£38k).

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.