Manchester City Mission

Analysis

Manchester City Mission is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Manchester City Mission reported income of £398k and spending of £249k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £263k to £398k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Manchester City Mission sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Greek Orthodox Community the Twelve Apostles Hertfordshire Trust (£397k), Pentecostal City Mission Church (£398k) and Stoke-On-Trent Foodbank (£397k).