The Manifold Trust

Analysis

The Manifold Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Manifold Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £106k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £80k to £84k (+4.4%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Manifold Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pro-Active Community (£84k), The Miss J K Stirrup Charity Trust (£84k) and The Ione Vassiliou Charitable Trust (£84k).

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.