Sunflower Manchester

Analysis

Sunflower Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in April 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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, Sunflower Manchester reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £16k (-20%), 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 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sunflower Manchester sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noam Halvovos (£16k), Droylsden & District Foodbank (£16k) and Hutton Charity (Baker, Martin and White) (£16k).