MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY

Registered charity 1049274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL MANCHESTER AND MANCHESTER CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY, CENTRAL MANCHESTER HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, CENTRAL MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY, CMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY, MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL FUND AT CMFT CHARITY, MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY FUND AT CMFT CHARITY

The Charity activities include improvements to the patient environment ,delivery of healthcare and a commitment to provide funding for research , training and education.Allocated expenditure in the year was used on the following categories ; 28% research , 16% patient related ,14% staff related and contributions to capital of 42% which were spent on equipment and refurbishments.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.1m
Latest spending
£6.6m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £4.08 million, while charitable expenditure amounted to £4.27 million, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds £5.5 million in unrestricted reserves, which is £4.3 million in excess of its calculated minimum required reserve level of approximately £1.2 million.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Manchester Foundation Trust Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Manchester City CouncilOral Health Improvement Team——
Manchester City CouncilThe Northern - Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Service——
Manchester City CouncilSchool Health Service——
Manchester City CouncilHealth Visitor Service——
NHS England North WestNHSE1051 Autologous Chrondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Osteochondral Allograft (OCA) for the North West of England——
NHS England North West / Greater ManchesterHPV Primary Cervical Screening Laboratory Service - North West——
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care BoardThe Provision of Mental Health Support for children aged 5-18 years in Trafford.——

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.1m
Total spending
£6.6m
Cost of raising funds
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£5.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 58.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.1m£6.6m
31/03/2024£5.5m£7.5m
31/03/2023£3.8m£5.0m
31/03/2022£5.2m£6.2m
31/03/2021£9.8m£11.0m

Common questions

Is MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £4.08 million, while charitable expenditure amounted to £4.27 million, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds £5.5 million in unrestricted reserves, which is £4.3 million in excess of its calculated minimum required reserve level of approximately £1.2 million. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

Who funds MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY as a grant recipient include MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£250General Charitable Purposes

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
One Manchester01/05/2018£4kResidential trips to the Lake District for children with burns injuries
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2012£10kEquipment for Manchester Royal Infirmary

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY£4.1m—0above—no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
MANCHESTER CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt
ELHT&ME FY2025£993k—0unclear—no doubt
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£315k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.