Mandela8

Analysis

Mandela8 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Garston. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mandela8 reported income of £88k and spending of £115k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £151k to £88k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Mandela8 sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nathan Foundation (£88k), The Aird Charitable Trust (£88k) and The WFH Foundation (£88k).