Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends)

Analysis

Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends) reported income of £1.1m and spending of £991k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £375k to £1.1m (+196%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Manchester and Warrington Area Quaker Meeting (Religious Society of Friends) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haringey Citizens Advice Bureaux (£1.1m), Hope Church (Newtown) (£1.1m) and International Care Network (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 72%, donations and legacies 19%, investments 6.1% and charitable activities 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £114k. Charitable activities took 31% of spending and raising funds 68%. Grants to other organisations totalled £29k. Reserves of £860k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.