The Manchester Community and Youth Project

Analysis

The Manchester Community and Youth Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Manchester Community and Youth Project reported income of £480k and spending of £448k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £105k to £480k (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Manchester Community and Youth Project sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disability Action Haringey (£480k), Every Life Matters (£480k) and Llandrindod Foodbank (£479k).