Castlefield Forum

Analysis

Castlefield Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Castlefield Forum reported income of £25k and spending of £5,027, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £25k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Castlefield Forum sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society Surrey Hills (£25k), Murchfield Community Association (£25k) and Adderbury Music Trust (£25k).