Sha'arei Shalom, the North Manchester Reform Congregation

Analysis

Sha'arei Shalom, the North Manchester Reform Congregation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sha'arei Shalom, the North Manchester Reform Congregation reported income of £161k and spending of £150k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £132k to £161k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sha'arei Shalom, the North Manchester Reform Congregation 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Hallows Twickenham (£161k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter's Petersham (£161k) and Living Church (£161k).