Society of Friends - Hardshaw Estates Charities

Analysis

Society of Friends - Hardshaw Estates Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Society of Friends - Hardshaw Estates Charities reported income of £15k and spending of £23k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £15k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Society of Friends - Hardshaw Estates Charities sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frampton on Severn Village Hall (£15k), PTFA St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School (£15k) and The Haslemere Fund (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.