The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society

Analysis

The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society reported income of £69k and spending of £75k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,715 to £69k (+1104%), an average of +86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 3501%. Over the whole period it spent 44% 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, The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk Family History Society (£69k), Friends of the Goethe-Institut London (£69k) and The Institute of British Organ Building (£69k).