Manor Farm Community Association

Analysis

Manor Farm Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manor Farm Community Association reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.2m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Manor Farm Community Association sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Money for Madagascar (£1.2m), Voluntary & Community (£1.2m) and Thurrock C.v.s (Community and Voluntary Service) (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, trading 30% and investments 7.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 21 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.